Ok, now it gets hard. I’m having particular difficulty with the weak endings.
The exercise instructed that we choose some headlines from the BBC website for inspiration. Here goes:
Two men can love, but not declare that love.
The church opposes such a thing. The Lord
is angered by such love? How can this be
if love is true and God created all?
Deep in the forests something lurks beneath,
unseen by human eyes. The rumours claim
A Yeti strides around this jungle land.
Could it be so that he is shy of camera
and film alike? He prefers our dreams
It seems. A truly canny type of guy.
The sheep are grazing as the dead lie sleeping
Neither disturbs his neighbour. All is well.
The grass is neat and trim, the sheep are full
and yet complaints are brewing overground
‘It’s disrespectful’ is the cry. ‘The dead need
peace not chomping livestock roaming by’.
For me? I hope lambs help me rest in peace.
Hmmm, various levels of success there I think. Much harder than keeping to the strict metre. However, it is interesting to try to do these exercises. They focus the mind and you do feel like you are creating something new and original.
