Pundemic
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...
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Where There's A Will
A Shakespearean-style soliloquy that a contemporary politician might have felt moved to deliver Men must at times be masters of their...
That's Chemistry
A poem inspired by the Periodic Table You’ll find me, periodically, musing on my desk, A table which is practical and rather picturesque,...
Closed Shop
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,...
Double Vision
A double dactyl on a well known double act Trillilla -Trallalla, Stanley and Livingstone Met as a pair in the African gloom. Proof of...
#Too lit
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 On It
A sonnet inspired by a well-known contemporary figure’s characteristic feature. The doe, the demon – innocence and guile, The sham, the...
A Fine Bromance
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...
Poison Pen
A short story inspired by the Salisbury Poisonings (2018) Sid Swain awoke in his squalid bedsit and, without washing, threw on his dirty...
From A to B
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...
On The Way Out
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...
First Thoughts
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...
Season's Greetings
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
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...
Marriage Guidance
A piece of prose describing the formula for a successful marriage courtesy of a well-known husband or wife in literature Like Zeooze’s...
Officially Amazing
A limerick describing a feat worthy of inclusion in Guinness World Records A salt-crusted sailor from Seaton, In record time (yet to be...
Watching The Clock
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...
Brought To Book
Write either ‘The Book of Boris’, ‘The Book of Theresa’, ‘The Book of Tim’ or ‘The Book of Nicola’ in the manner Anthony Lane’s ‘The...
A Song For Europe
Provide Lyrics to the European Anthem Mighty Europe, wisely guided, Merkel’s daughter, Juncker’s son, We, its members, undivided, Bound...
Question Time
An answer in verse to a famous literary question ‘And who are you?’ the caterpillar asks. No wonder little Alice is confused. The...
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