If poets hoping to be Laureate had been required to apply in verse for the position, we would have an interesting archive of poems. You are invited to provide examples of the poetic pitches that might have been made over the years
I took this as meaning that any poet-candidate is possible, including the actual incumbents right back to the beginning. John fancies the Euston man. Eusden anybody?
Thanks for the encouragement, Ann, but in my case such earworms seem to lack stamina and puff. We'll see.
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