Bristol Poem
A poem written by children and young people from schools all over Bristol about the city they live in, as part of our 2012 Bridges Project.
culture nightlife motion shopping music university shit weather park street The Louisiana hipsters happy sad joy rivers massive attack fatherhood
Bristol is not the centre of England
Bristol is winter
ecstatic distraught surprised embarrassed shocked drugs music scene art culture lush sunshine home outdoors drunk
Bristol is not smart or delightful
Bristol is wide awake
cider new flat cultures work entertainment city club bridge cars cyclists harbourside boats play safe work outdoors water fountain
Bristol is cold and wet
Bristol is shouting
drunk people streets lights homeless swell of moving water modern Victorian tunnels rocks core mud needles spraying pennies dogs
Bristol is trapped
Bristol is the heart
cans wraps shopping trollies guilt gold rivers cloud signs pubs jazz noise traffic people birds museum
Bristol is always night
Bristol is humid
boats cameras statues buildings feet walking trains schools jobs work home work hard history river raids
Bristol is a trip-hop symphony
Bristol is the sunset
good food variety support reading good eye rest more money fun more kids sunshine balance music Brunel Cabot
Bristol is dawn
Bristol is a vortex of lightning
play lots good food more and less sobriety stubbly beard stoned tall funny flirty workier pirate downs watershed
Bristol is the sound of a bottle being smashed
Bristol is monotone
good hugger cheeky giggly soft voice red big muscles man loving Good grades responsible understanding complicated young mums shopping centres rivers
Bristol is the feeling of being astronomically high
Bristol is a pair of rotting painted lungs
busy tired joggers caring smoker random anything chilling crying heart spice hippies
Bristol is toes
Bristol is indifferent
litter crusties colours tinted windows hill green fast cars dealers weed red stripe fried chicken puddles rain litter old market
Bristol is confused
Bristol is an eye
garden cider recycled ketamine ikea curry nightlife family murder gangster friendly neighbour wind shakes the canes mud covers the city
Bristol is an elbow
Bristol is a low drone
small nandos water driving train reliable steam coral pumps buses houses live The Bristol Sea
Bristol is not nothing
Bristol is a pair of hips
valley loud views tramps baby food umbilical chord music pigeons hills gangs seagulls placenta comes from the sea
Bristol is an early modern song
Bristol is not Britain
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