A Bit Of Previous
A sequel to a well-known poem Go Madam, go! Desire hath long since fled, Too long it takes to get thee into bed. ’Tis wearying to wait...
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Now We Are Six
A Poem about the Government’s Coronavirus Messaging They’re changing the leader at WestminsterPalace So backbenchers hope as they mutter...
Lead Alert
A rhymed poem leadenly prosaic in tone and content I telephoned the surgery to ask for an appointment Though not to get more prostate...
In Short
A well-known poem encapsulated in four lines A lover, a ‘great’ one – or so he insists, All the loves of his life in this poem he lists,...
Bout Time
Write a poem in which the last word in each line ends with the following rhymes in the order given: dead, sun, run, mead, lead, done,...
My Lipogram
A poem which does not contain the letter ‘e’ This Lipogram bans Which may sound absurd, But find it you’ll not, It occurs in no word. As...
Picnic Time
A poem entitled ‘The Picnic’ Do you remember the day, Alana? Do you remember the day? And the sun, and the fun when we picnicked as one...
Home Truth
A well known writer’s’ account of dealing with DIY jobs during lockdown ‘The sash needs fixing,’ Florence sighed, Ay, Florence sighed,...
Herculean
A sonnet describing one of Hercules’ labours The fifth task called for Herculean grit, A chore, some say, were better left unsung The...
Selfie
A extract from a novel in which a famous author slips in his or her own self portrait. “Estella, take him down. Let him have something to...
With Added Spice
A review on Tripadvisor that has been spiced up with a number of misprints With the spread of coronaryvirus, restricted air fights,...
Grave Thoughts
A four-line epitaph for a well-known person For rallying all Did Raleigh fall! He lost his head And now is dead.
The Night Before
A poem entitled: The Night Before Brexit ’Twas the night before Brexit and, plagued with a stoop, Old Boris, though ninety, was all...
Brow Lines
A Woeful Ballad to his Mistresses Eyebrows ‘Why gaze thee not into mine eyes,’ Asked she, ‘but on some point above?’ ‘In truth,’ said I,...
First Or Last
An appallingly comical first or final paragraph from the memoirs of a well-known figure I dare, with both hindsight and foresight, boldly...
It's A Date
A Clerihew on any date in the calendar Adolf Hitler Fought Churchill who was, by an inch or so, littler. But Hitler, in 1945, was...
Much Have I Travelled
A poem about Thomas Cook I’ve travelled much, at first to serve the Lord Delivering Baptist pamphlets close to home, Then venturing...
Back Space
A poem in the style of a well-known poet reflecting on the Apollo 11 mission Ring out the mighty bells of Bow And all the streets with...
Watch The Birdie
A poem about the Yellowhammer ‘A happy home of sunshine, flowers and streams,’ Wrote Clare of your abode, yet now we know That in some...
Here Be The Monsters
A short story whose last line is ‘I can’t get that monster out of my mind’ One day a posh Roller turns up at my service station on Bodmin...
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