IN COMPETITION No 316 you were invited to write a poem called The Bus. Sheila Gray took a speedy country bus: 'I breathe in, hoping it will help/To make the bus seem slimmer/As it skims the hedgerow branches/And becomes a coarse hedge-trimmer.' Vivien Brown gave voice to the tour-bus guide, 'Jolly Jeff, with a J', and Janine Stratton remembered the story from Dead of Night about 'Room for one inside, sir'.
Commiserations to them and to David Silverman, Heather Uebel, Andrew Lacey, Veronica Colin, Gail White, Peter Jarvis, G M Southgate, Alan Bradwell, Christine Acres, William Wood, Toddy Hoare and John McTavish, and congratulations to those printed below, each of whom wins £25, with the bonus prize of The Chambers Dictionary going to I White, inspired by a painting now…
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The Oldie (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2025