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...

An answer in verse to a famous literary question ‘And who are you?’ the caterpillar asks. No wonder little Alice is confused. The...

A ribald limerick as a famous poet might have written it. The vicar was tempted flee When the Bishop’s wife said after tea , ‘Oh Reverend...

A poem about a deadly foodstuff “What ails you, Lord Scandal? Why look you so pale? I fear you’ve been over indulging on ale.” “Not ale...

A poetic preview of the day Article 50 is triggered The filibustering’s finished. Fog Descends at dawn, the squabbling’s done. ...

An ode on a Grayson Perry urn This urn called ‘Troubled’ troubled is, for sure. Its curious decorations make no sense – A car parked by a...

A poem about autumn in the style of a well-known poet Autumn strikes with wind and rain, With wind and rain, The trampman’s scourge, the...

A poem about a poetic form written in that form O where are you going - you ponderous tale Whose ending unfolds with the speed of a...

A poem on the theme of summer in which the last two words of each line rhyme Summertime – and rain again. Expect Gay May to be Plain Jane...

A poem on a political theme entitled ‘May Day’ It might be wise to celebrate Theresa May’s success, Thought Boris, pouring mayonnaise...

An Ode to a Greasy Spoon Small wonder that in verse I show respect To you sweet spoon whose wretched shame I share, Washed up in filthy...

A poem by one of Shakespeare’s characters expressing his or her views about the 2016 Celebrations on the 400th anniversary of the Bard’s...

Westering forth from Beeny, now the sun, Foreshadowing twilight gloom sinks in the sea. ‘I think,’ the whiting, says ‘it’s time for tea,’...

Sixteen lines of Macaronic verse. My dearest, dolce, darling one, Do not be lacrimoso, My song, con brio, like the sun, I sing...

A Christmas carol as a famous writer might have written it. In the bleak midwinter is where the story starts. His parents and the...

A poem using only three-letter words Sob not nor rue The odd sad day But aim for joy, Too few are gay; Too oft has woe Her own way had...

A limerick featuring a well-known artist in a particular place When Hieronymus Bosch was eleven He boarded a barque bound for Devon. Said...

A poem by a well known poet (living or dead) recruited to compose verse discouraging antisocial behaviour on the underground. My heart...