[Jayne Osborn]

Oh, goody, here's one that we like!
(I'm still trying for a hat trick with the bouts-rimés.)

Jayne

xxxxxxxxxxxxxThe Oldie Competition
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxby Tessa Castro

COMPETITION NO 153

Here are the annual bouts-rimés. Write a poem of 14 lines, please, with these words as the rhymes in the order given: did, in, feet, neat, pin, jar, are, long, wrong, spin, few, live, blue, sieve.

Entries to ‘Competition 153’ by post (The Oldie, 65 Newman Street, London W1T 3EG), email comps@theoldie.co.uk or fax (020 7436 8804) by 27 July. Don’t forget your home address.