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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...
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,...
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...
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...
Fabulous
A fable for the 21st century complete with moral A knot of toads in league amassed Upon the cliff top’s brink, With fire behind...
Initial Impressions
An acrostic poem about a politician (alive or dead) in which the initial letter of each line spells the name of that politician Jolly...
Spanish Ayes
A William Topaz McGonagall poetic response to Magaluf Of sunshine Scotland doth not have enough so some say And would prefer for to go to...
Redoing The Hokey-Cokey
A version of the hokey-cokey filtered through the pen of a well-known writer Nothing is so dear and deft as dance — When, in a ring, folk...
After Milton
A sonnet with the following end-rhymes No milksop this, the Tories’ favourite son Who, though his faux pas land him in the mire, He, like...
Twister
A poem with a twist at the end I’m honoured as a lifelong friend to praise the bridegroom, Ben, And tell the bride I know her man will...
Animal Magic
A poem about an imaginary hybrid from two existing animals A cormorant and a May bug met And, wondering if they should beget, They...
That Way Madness Lies
A Sonnet found in a deserted madhouse Wild ayes and noes resound inside my brain Indicative of something I suppose, Who has it? Do the...
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