[Jayne Osborn]

Lovely! Tessa has chosen a great topic this month, after the prose comp last time around, in which Brian got a well-deserved HM and the rest of us got zilch. (Well, we're poets, so poetry comps suit us better, natch.)

Now, who will choose lying (as in lazing) in bed, and who will go for lying (as in telling lies) in bed, I wonder? A lot of both goes on!
This one's going to be fun.

Jayne

COMPETITION No. 158
by Tessa Castro

The way we sleep tells a lot about us, scientists say. So a poem, please, called ‘Lying in Bed’. Maximum 16 lines.

Entries to ‘Competition 158’ by post (The Oldie, 65 Newman Street, London W1T 3EG), email (comps@theoldie.co.uk) or fax (020 7436 8804) by 14 December.
Don’t forget to include your postal address.