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Spectator Competition: August society

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issue 24 August 2024

In Competition 3363 you were invited to write a poem about holidaymakers from a local’s perspective. Thanks to Paul Freeman for this suggestion. There was a lovely crop of entries and once again there were too many runners-up to single anyone out. The winners get £25.

We hates and needs,
Waters and feeds
And sates the greeds
O’ grockles.


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