'North' poems

[Jordan]

There was a bit in the Shetland Times recently about a poetry compilation to be done on the theme of 'North'. I'm wondering if anyone can remember where submissions should be sent to?

[Malachy]

To me, to me!

 

If you go to http://www.northidea.co.uk you will find all the relevant information...

 

We need more entries people. Please!

[AndyVocoustic]

do you have a quality threshold?

 

I could spout some sharn!

[Tomblands]

My poem (well, stolen from someone else) about jellyfish -

 

I don't like jellyfish

They're not a fish, they're just a blob

They don't have eyes, fins or scales

Like a cod

They float around blind

Stinging people in the seas

And no-one eats jellyfish with chips and mushy peas

Get rid of 'em

[Malachy]

There's no quality threshhold for submissions - you can send any old rubbish you want to - but it might not get published. I did like the jellyfish poem, though it's not quite 'on subject' is it?

[Fjool]

There's no quality threshhold for submissions - you can send any old rubbish you want to

 

Ok then... here's a tedious piece of doggerel that I scratched together in a few spare minutes last night, on the subject of 'North'. I drifted off-topic a bit (as appears to be my modus operandi) :

 

 

It's grim up north, or so they say,

for what it's worth, I disagree.

Bad weather? Yes, I will admit,

the summer can be somewhat turd.

But we have things to compensate

for summer sunshine, often late:

 

Dramatic seas and wildlife

A bracing breeze and starry nights

Open spaces, rolling hills...

Hang on...scratch that, add windmills.

 

It seems that things wont be so neat

once Viking power finds its feet

For soon the views we so admire

will be obscured by bits of wire;

Looming, metal, robotic trees

spinning in the freezy breeze.

 

A source of wealth for Shetland's shore

But scenery?

Quoth the council, "Nevermore".

 

(with apologies to Theodore Geisel and EAP)

[Malachy]

Excellent!