A poem about the struggle of writing a poem I thought I’d never reach the end But when the Devil drives, needs must. I strove to get that...

An elegy on a piece of obsolete technology In grandma’s scullery it stood, sublime, The rainbow arch which crowned the cast iron frame,...

A seriously misguided love poem likely to repel rather than attract Dearest love, fear not, I’m coming, Hammer-like my heart is drumming,...

A short verse biography of a well-known person from history Not hardy, but a weakling born, Ay, weakling born, Who lived a life forlorn...

An ode on a piece of gymnasium equipment My heart quakes, and a lousy glumness gains A hold on me and fills me with dismay, Then, as my...

A poem about puns containing puns Though critics, averse to a verse about puns, Like windows, see puns as a pain, One humouring humour, a...

A Shakespearean-style soliloquy that a contemporary politician might have felt moved to deliver Men must at times be masters of their...

A poem inspired by the Periodic Table You’ll find me, periodically, musing on my desk, A table which is practical and rather picturesque,...

A double dactyl on a well known double act Trillilla -Trallalla, Stanley and Livingstone Met as a pair in the African gloom. Proof of...

A rewrite of a well-known passage from literature to suit the #Too age Come be my partner as you are, An equal person on a par With me,...

A Poem about a Bromance We met on the North Lawn – we met on the South, Ah yes, I remember it well, I was reflective – and I was all...

A short story inspired by the Salisbury Poisonings (2018) Sid Swain awoke in his squalid bedsit and, without washing, threw on his dirty...

A song by Abba or the Beatles written as a sonnet There dwelt a fellow in my childhood home Whose curious travelling tales I deemed...

A resignation letter in the style of a well-known author I dreamed a dream of leading them that were troubled out from the Land of...

A poem about January Of January wary be! The fairy on the Christmas tree Can wave no more her magic wand, She’s in the loft, she won’t...

Lines for a Christmas card courtesy of well-known poets God bless thee all this yuletide With plenteous ale, and meat, And may thy...

A piece of prose describing the formula for a successful marriage courtesy of a well-known husband or wife in literature Like Zeooze’s...

A limerick describing a feat worthy of inclusion in Guinness World Records A salt-crusted sailor from Seaton, In record time (yet to be...

A Poem about Big Ben’s Bongs Benumbed Big Ben (long may his grime be greased) Awoke one noon to find his bongs had ceased And, in the...

Provide Lyrics to the European Anthem Mighty Europe, wisely guided, Merkel’s daughter, Juncker’s son, We, its members, undivided, Bound...