When a young lady who’s name is Ling
Invited me to swing
I asked my friend Lou
To join in too
But it really wasn’t her thing …
When a young lady who’s name is Ling
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There was a young lady called Michelle
There was a young lady called Michelle
Who entered that placed named hell,
But being extremely rude
And more than crude
The devil did Michelle expel.
How to request that your book is added to the catalogue of theUnited Kingdom’s National Poetry Library
If you are a UK-based poet, did you know that you can ask the National Poetry Library to consider adding your works to their catalogue. To find out how to request that the Library consider adding your work, please see below.
Having published “The Writer’s Pen and Other Poems”, on 3 September 2018, contacting The National Poetry Library is on my list of things to do. (You can find “The Writer’s Pen” here, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GD1LBMV.
“My poetry book is published. How do I make sure the library has a copy?
Firstly check our catalogue to make sure we don’t already have a copy.
If it’s not there, please bear in mind that we receive 200-300 new items every month and are unable to accept everything that is sent for the collection.
The Acquisitions Panel meet regularly to consider submissions.
For your book to be considered, please send in a copy including a return address; the librarians will consider it and respond to you.
Please send one book at a time. We have standing orders with most of the UK poetry publishers.
If you are a new publisher who would like to submit your books please get in touch.
We are primarily concerned with collecting UK and Irish publications so please contact us before sending publications from overseas.
FAQ: https://www.nationalpoetrylibrary.org.uk/visit/faqs.
When a journalist by the name of Lee
When a journalist by the name of Lee
Wrote a story about me
I threatened to sue
But my lawyer, named Lou
Said, “but sir, every word of it is true!”.
There Was a Young Lady Named Lou
There was a young lady named Lou
Who wrote a book all about glue.
It was a tome most vast
And it’s pages being stuck fast
I could not read that book …
Gentlemen in Business Suits
Gentlemen in business suits
Dream of girls who lose
Their boots
And …
To choose.
To command.
Who does what
When man’s blood is hot
And her’s is not?
Keeping the wolf away
Is, they say
The reason why
Some girls go with a random guy.
But many would rather die
Than choose
To lose
Their shoes …
Bare
Bare branch
Grey sky
And I
Elsewhere girls dance
While I
Have this grey sky
And branch bare.
There Was A Young Man Called Moat
There was a young man called Moat
Who wrote a poem about a goat
While out at sea
With a girl named Leigh
And a rather vicious stoat!
SittingHere in My Dressing Gown
Sitting here, in my dressing gown
I frown
At the dull sky.
Perhaps there is nothing to say
On this rainy winter’s day.
Competition to win a free audio download of “The Writer’s Pen and Other Poems”
To celebrate the release of the audio edition of “The Writer’s Pen and Other Poems”, on 29 November, (www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Writers-Pen-and-Other-Poems-Audiobook/B07KPPQ2K2), I am offering 2 free copies of the audio edition to readers who are based in the United Kingdom. I hope to run a similar offer for readers elsewhere in the near future.
The rules:
- There are 2 free audio downloads of “The Writer’s Pen and Other Poems” available to readers based in the UK.
- The first 2 people to email me with the correct answer to the question posed at the end of this post will receive a promotional code enabling them to download my book free from audible.co.uk.
- Emails should be sent to newauthoronline (at) gmail dot com with the subject line “competition to win an audio download of The Writer’s Pen”. Please note, the email address is rendered thus to defeat spammers!
- Please do not provide the answer in the comments section at the foot of this post, as other readers will be able to read it!
- The competition closes at 5 pm (UK time) on Friday 7th December 2018.
The question:
Who wrote the poem which begins, “You are old Father William, the young man said”.
K Morris - Poet 