In Competition No. 2731 you were invited to supply a poem in praise of punctuation.
An excellent entry, this. Space is tight and I very much regretted not having room for Alan Millard, David Duncan Jones and Frank Osen in addition to the worthy winners below.
The bonus fiver belongs to Basil Ransome-Davies.

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