[John Whitworth]

Do you know, I thought I had a winner in the Vicar of Bray stakes. But I didn't (ah the Vanity of Human Wishes!) and it was left to Janet to maintain the honour of the Sphere. Congratulations to her. Th full results will be just below this thread, labelled Competition: Vicar of Bray

This week's competition is a splendid thing and I expect a good pile of entries. Come along, people. It's an echo verse we are talking about here.

No. 2631: Endgame
You are invited to submit a poem on a subject of your choice in which the last two words of each line rhyme (16 lines maximum). Please email entries, where possible, to lucy@spectator.co.uk by midday on 20 January.