A villanelle about the coming of Spring A green haze hints that spring might soon appear, The trees come into leaf, unhurried, slow, Like...

A Haikick (a hybrid form incorporating the haiku and limerick) William Spooner Would certainly not admire MPs all at war And, cocked to...

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 sonnet with the name of a Shakespearean character hidden in each line Poor Portia, such glum arias she sings, Sad as a blue tit...

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,...

An Elegy on the death of the High Street Stop all the socks; return the tops and ties, Prevent the buyers ordering for the stores,...

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 sonnet inspired by a well-known contemporary figure’s characteristic feature. The doe, the demon – innocence and guile, The sham, the...

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 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 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 poem for Boris Johnson to quote when out in the field When a knight won his spurs in the stories of old He was gentle and brave he was...