BIRMINGHAM

Bustling city, second largest in UK

Invented the whistle, stamps, smoke detector

Reading?, largest public library in Europe

More canal frontage than Venice with 35 miles

Industrial roots in jewellery, art and making guns

Nurtures heavy metal talents like Black Sabbath 

Green urban reserves and parks everywhere

Home town to J.R.Tolkien of Lord of The Rings 

Artwork from Pre-Raphaelite painting around the world

Monuments from medieval to Victorian times

 

(C) Lissie`s Poems 2023