A Triolet about Spring The lion and the lamb compete And no one’s certain what to wear, We’ll either freeze or wilt from heat. The lion...

A well-known person’s life story told in three Limericks Born in London, this lad was no fool, He was tutored at Oswestry School. Of...

A political manifesto inspired by literary heroes. It is time for a change. Britain has tired of dull politicians who get nothing done....

A poem beginning with: O my love is… O my love is like a dry, red wine That’s piquant, sharp and tart, A lass, alas, who rarely warms The...

A new character for the Mr Men/Little Miss series by Richard Hargreaves Little Miss Trust was very fond of her name, mainly because she...

Verses to help children remember the sequence of the last eight US presidents Carter was a great vote catcher, Reagan cuddled up to...

A well-known rewritten in a pompous and prolix style To men who would their nuptial chalice keep Forever with ambrosial nectar filled,...

A version of the Lord Chancellor’s ‘Nightmare Song’ from Iolanthe for any member of the British cabinet When you’re lying awake, in need...

A dystopian short story incorporating as many collective nouns for birds and animals as possible Claiming to possess shrewdness, wisdom,...

An Ode on the Marble Arch Mound My knee aches, and a weary glumness drains All hope of ever climbing to the top Where from a grey and...

A villanelle beginning with the line, ‘The art of (subject) isn’t hard to master’. The art of writing isn’t hard to master Most written...

Poor Romeo, his spelling was a matter of concern, An Oscar for his writing was a prize he’d never earn, And when he wrote ‘Dear Juliett’...

A version of Shakespeare’s ‘Seven Ages of Man’ as applied to a politician. All infants age and err, and err did she When, as a chaplain’s...

A poem on the subject of ‘The Universe’ The cosmos never featured in her life, She’d read no scientific articles Had Sitwell’s ‘Mrs...

A rondeau on a summery theme Across the mead a maiden fair, Adorned with daisies in her hair, Strolled through the grass with softest...

One of Chaucer’s Tales retold by another famous writer Wilt thou forgive those sins whereby, misled, A wonton wife, betroth’d four times...

A poem comparing a poet to a fruit A small shop window caught my eye today, Bright fruits of every colour on display, A harvest hymn of...

A Creature’s revenge on humankind Demonised for centuries by humankind, these much-maligned creatures decided to take revenge. Their...

A famous piece of light verse rewritten with a dirge-like, hieratic tone Osiris, on whose judgement hangs our fate, A wayward couple’s...

A Christmas hit single rewritten as a sonnet. Let carollers with cheerful voices sing Of new times coming as the old times go, And,...