RHYMES FOR A REASON: Love poem
Remembering Cool Hands' smile, Walkin' round Howden for a while. A cosy Sheffield put at night, Bobby Charlton in black and white.
Travis takes his taxi for a drive,
Kirk meets Vincent in Lust For Life.
Eastwood and the Duke evoke the West,
The works of Vermeer, Rembrandt and the rest.
Whenever I feel like giving up the ghost ----
I raise my scotch and give thanks to those.
Chaplin and Keaton showed us the way,
Hurricane Higgins took our breath away.
The beauty of a Morricone film score
Johnny Cash in prison playing to an encore.
Into the mystic with Van The Man,
The way Jane Tomlinson ran and ran.
Connors hit the ball with power and grace,
An unforgettable smile on Kelly's face.
Whenever I feel like giving up the ghost -----
I raise my Irish and give thanks to those.
By JG Wilkinson, Houstead Road, Sheffield S9.
We are inviting readers to submit poems for a competition we are running with Diabetes UK, Rhymes for a Reason. The winners will get the chance to recite their poem to an audience at a concert given by the Ian MacMillan Orchestra at Sheffield Hallam University on February 14.
How to enter: There are two categories for under 16 and adults and poems should be on the theme of What do you love? The competition runs until January 20.
Poems should be sent by email to starletters@sheffieldnews
papers.co.uk or write to: The Editor, The Star, York Street, Sheffield, S1 1PU
Please include a contact address, phone number and your
age if entering the junior section. Usual competition rules apply.
See http://www.diabetes.org.uk/poetry-event for more information on the concert.
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