We don,t realy know anything about him but today everyone is proud to be English and it is about time people started taking pride here

Happy St. George’s Day England. Well done.

Very nice!

My husband and I were talking about that today. Most people don’t even know it is St George’s day. I did see a couple of England flags when I was out today but that was it. I think if it was made a national holiday we would all know about it. Thank you for the information.

Christine

I’ve seen loads of flags today, great poem, can’t believe there’s no England!

Happy St. George’s Day!

Oh I wonder who he was and how he became,
yet all I really know is his name.
The saint is George and this is his day.
Wherever he is, I’m hope he’s okay.

Real interesting. Great poem!

The strange thing is that he was (I believe) not even English!

Great day to celebrate all the same!

Very thought provoking and how right, we celebrate the day but don’t even know who he really was and what he stood for! It would be great if you posted some thoughts on the Accessible Attitudes group as you have such knowledge and indepth experience of dealing with the effects of Autism! Please do; Add it to a thread already in place; much appreciated

So who was he?

That was different… When I was a kid, I thought I was an angel, I was a saint and people around are part of my scene…

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nice work rev.

I bet he is associated with some kind of legend. He did some chivalrous or noble act that saved the country. A lovely poem that could be set to music because of the rhythmic duple meter in the refrain.
Monica.

Nice to meet Saint George.

I have to admit,never heard of St. George.King George maybe,but not St. George.

I come from a Southern state in India called Kerala, where there are churches with St. George as the patron saint and believers throng to these churches hoping he would pray for them. We even have a famous umbrella brand named after him:)..the English legacy???
I like the poem a lot, it was different, easy to read and refreshing.

Nice poem. Even I didn’t know this information about St. George. Thx for the info through a poem.

Nice! Thanks for the info poem.

Interesting outlook. Well done though.

How right you are. England, somewhere along the line, seems to have lost it’s identity. Everyone seems to think we’re from Great Britain or United Kingdom but we’re ENGLISH and I’m proud to be so. But who is St Geroge??? Along with the lost identity, we also seem to have lost some of our old ‘feasts and festivals’ – it gets right up my hooter that Hot Cross Buns are sold all year round! Has nobody told the supermarkets they’re symbolic Easter fare? And as for Christmas … don’t get me started on that one!!!

Hi
I liked your poem. I am proud to be English and I am a scout so there’s two reason’s at least why I celebrate St Georges day. Although I now live near Northampton (UK) sorry England! I still remain part of scouting in Welwyn Garden City Hertfordshire.
Every year we hold a dinner for about 32 people who are members of the scout fellowship. We have a dinner at which quotations, toasts and poetry are read. The meal has several courses and after the starter the men stand up and move 2 places to the left and then after the main course the same and then after the sweet again the move then after cheese and biscuits and port.
It is very informal except woe betide anyone who lets the port decanter touch the table and it must be passed round the table in a clockwise direction (th the left). As I write poetry I usually write a new poem to read at the dinner. This Year I did something different I wrote a song. A tongue in cheek look at England for the older person, which of course I am, although I am only 16 inside my head. Three items can be found on my triond page. A poem I wrote simply named England, an acrostic poem titled Saint George Patron Saint Of England, which tells the true story as known and the legendry slaying of the dragon and of course you can hear the song Something Remains The Same or England, England, England. Please if you find the time to visit please leave a comment and tell me what you think of them.

great

You’ve got my curiosity…I’m going to research St. George.

Good poem. Well done!

Happy St. George’s Day. It seems people from all over the world tend to forget important people and events of their past.

Great poem!!

I have never heard of St. George. Engaging poem.