[John Whitworth]

Keep up the good work, Lucy. Poetry all the way!

No 2858: hidden talent


You are invited to imagine that a well-known figure from 20th-century history (alive or dead but please specify) was a secret poet and to submit a recently discovered example of their versifying. Please email entries (wherever possible) of up to 16 lines to lucy@spectator.co.uk by midday on 23 July.