Belated congratulations to Jerome, Martin and Joan for your well-deserved Oldie victories, and to Gail, Bazza and Bill for HMs.
I'd been hoping for a bouts-rimés hat trick, having won it in Nov 02 and Aug 05, but it was a very big 'ask' indeed, given that Tessa must have had hundreds of entries - and space for just four winning poems. Not good odds at all, so J, J, and M, massive applause to all of you!
Martin,
I'm delighted that, after all the discussion about it, 'allay' for 'lay' was permissible. Wary of deviating from the straight and narrow myself, it's good to know, for future reference, that we can - so I won't be such a scaredy-cat next time.
Bazza,
I notice that I'm under you (in a manner of speaking) in Oct 06. Time to put the back issues away now and start thinking about Comp No 123.
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