The Anglo Saxons
A poem by JLA Dinning, KS2
When the Romans left
Britain
In 410 AD
Others came to visit
From across the North
Sea.
Angles and Jutes from
Denmark,
Saxons were German
and Dutch.
They decided that
they would stay
Because they liked it
so much.
They were farmers, sailors,
Blacksmiths, and weavers.
They were not Christian folk,
They were Pagan god believers.
Their houses were “wattle and daub”,
Sticks and mud, or manure.
I know that sounds unlikely
But I checked it and I’m sure.
I saw it on a documentary
That was on a telly.
It said sometimes their houses
Used to get quite smelly.
Wessex, Kent, Mercia,
East Anglia, Northumbria,
Each one had a king,
He was called a “cyning”.
One famous king
called Offa
Build a wall called
“Offa’s Dyke.”
It’s still around
today,
So you can see it, if
you like.
There was a king
called Alfred,
He was strong and
wise and clever.
Known as “Alfred the
Great” he was
Our only Great king ever.
Ethelred the Unready
was
The worst king ever
known.
He fell out with the
Vikings and
They came and took
the throne.
The story of Beowulf
Was told around the
fire,
Sometimes there was
music,
Played upon a lyre.
Beowulf kills Grendel and
The monster’s mother too.
The story is a myth, though,
Which means it is not
true.
