Welcome to your new Moderator!
 

... announcement here.

...Alex

Congrats John

Had to happen!

Quoted from announcement thread:

"John Whitworth is one of those fattish, baldish, backward-looking, provincial poets in which England is so rich (perhaps too rich). "

You say "fattish, baldish, backward-looking, provincial" like they're bad things!

:)

Philip

Many congratulations, John - a real class act!

Best,
Holly

Whitworth rules!

Welcome, John. This is very good news.

Many thanks to you all. Now I have surged to power I shall have to think of something to do. Meanwhile I will keep you up to speed with all those competitions in The Spectator and The Oldie and also any Poetry Competitions here that offer prizes for formal verse. I might mention the Ver Open Poets Competition (www.verpoets.org.uk) which offers prizes of £500, £300 and £100.Full details ought to be available from the website. If you can't get them I will tell you. The competition isn't SPECIFICALLY for formal verse but the judge does like that sort of thing. How do I know? Because he's me.

POSTAL feedback?;-)

Haven't they heard about pigeons?

I feel so out of the loop.

Welcome, John. I don't post here hardly at all but I often check in to get a good laugh. This is going to be fun.

Andrew

A significant and worthy appointment, Drills and Amusements has benefited greatly since your arrival John.

D&A should be the place to post various kinds of light verse, even if these efforts have no prompts from The Spectator of The Oldie. I hope John agrees. One good lv post invariably sparks a few others.