[Jayne Osborn]

I think it's pretty safe to assume that we'll all have to start right from scratch; I won't believe anyone who tells me they've already written a poem that fits the bill for this comp!

Jayne

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxThe Oldie Competition
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxby Tessa Castro

Competition No 180

My pre-emptive apologies to Coleridge and Yeats for a poem you are invited to write, please, beginning:
‘It was an Ancient Mariner / Who went to Innisfree.’
Take it where you wish. Maximum 16 lines.

Entries to ‘Competition No 180’ by post (The Oldie, 65 Newman Street, London W1T 3EG), fax (020 7436 8804) or email (comps@theoldie.co.uk) by 22nd August 2014. Please don’t forget to include your postal address.