I love the way these golden souls
spread sunshine onto each new day.
I love the way they lay in wait
for company on my breakfast plate.
Bangers, beans, fungi too
and then a little more.
I don't count up the calories
or watch cholest
erol soar.
I simply say to slimmers
munching meusli by the gram;
as Rhet Butler said to Scarlett,
"FRANKLY ----- I DON'T GIVE A DAMN"
By Mrs B Adamson, Drakehouse Lane, Sheffield S20. 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. More poems