Thank you, Jayne and everybody. This win is an advertisement for the recycling persistence that John Whitworth has often recommended. An earlier "Owl and Pussy-cat" version won not a penny at the Spectator, but when the occasion arose, I expanded the poem a bit and sent it out again. Sometimes, in my experience, that strategy leads to one poem racking up multiple losses. But every so often it leads to a happier outcome. Thanks again for all the kind words.
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