Chris O'Carroll, Martin Parker and Max Ross bat for us this week. You are one of us, Max, are you not? For personal reasons (my first, rapidly discarded, career choice was to be a thespian which may explain much about my output.) I was particularly attracted to Martin's entry.
This week's competition will have you all scribbling away. And me too.
NO. 2760: sickly sweet
You are invited to supply an example of the kind of treacly inspirational poetry that adorns the office walls of life coaches and might be quoted by motivational speakers (16 lines maximum). Please email entries, wherever possible, to
lucy@spectator.co.uk by midday on 15 August.