Nice one here that I haven't seen before. So I don't have anything in the can already as it were and will need to put in some work. A Betjeman perhaps?
No. 2813: poetic pitch
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 (16 lines maximum). Please email entries, to
lucy@spectator.co.uk by midday on 28 August.