In Competition 2495 you were invited to submit a poem establishing the principles of a new religion. This competition was inspired by Larkin’s ‘Water’:
My liturgy would employ
Images of sousing,
A furious devout drench…
A lot of entries were slightly gloomy satire recommending the twin creeds of selfishness and shopping.
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