It’s A Pop-Up Poetry Party! Pop-Up Submissions Special: Poets, We Love You!

[AgentPete]

AgentPete is away this week – no doubt on a clandestine (literary) agenty sort of mission – so let’s have a (live!) party!

Over the years, we’ve NOT DONE WELL BY POETRY. Sorry, poetry. And poets. Tonight, we’re going to make amends.

The common reaction in the publishing business is that poetry isn’t a commercial proposition. Well, we’ve got a guest today who’s blown that idea out of the water.

Allie Esiri is the NUMBER ONE author across children’s poetry in 2021. Her three poetry collections, “A Poem for Every Day of the Year”; “A Poem for Every Night of the Year” and “Shakespeare for Every Day of the Year” have sold a mind-blowing 250,000 copies… in hardback! Together with Litopia’s own Kate Salisbury, we’re chatting to Allie on this Sunday’s show about poetry in general, and the many ways in which writers can benefit from it.

But wait – that’s not all!

We’re going to turn this into a LIVE POETRY PARTY! So come along at the usual time on Sunday (just before 5pm UK time) and BRING SOME POETRY!

And if that’s too much for a Sunday… then we’ve got some killer limerick starter lines for YOU to complete in the YouTube chat room… see below.

Oh, and Allie may well be popping into the YouTube chat room herself, just to say hello!

So here’s your Pop-Up Poetry Party Kit Check List:

1. Bring some poems
2. Come to the YouTube chat room
3. Finish writing the limericks we’ve started for you
4. Open a bottle
5. Have a darn good time with your poetry pals!

Things will be back to “normal” next week... what's normal?



LIMERICK STARTERS

A lemon, a peach and a pear
Were sharing their thoughts about hair
3
4
5

On a tree, by a bridge, in the dark
I suspended a poignant remark
3
4
5

There once was a spinster from Mousehole
2
3
4
5

Said the Bridlington bear to the bee
2
3
4
5

In a ship on its way to Vancouver
2
3
4
5

When a kangaroo carries a football
2
3
4
5

NB... PLEASE USE THE YOUTUBE CHAT ROOM FOR THIS SHOW... NOT THE LITOPIA CHAT ROOM / GENIUS ROOM!

 

[DavSpill]

Sorry, how can the YouTube chat room be accessed? I was following this on YT and the Premiere ended.

 

[Galadriel]

Sorry, how can the YouTube chat room be accessed? I was following this on YT and the Premiere ended.

Yes, I’m experienced the same; once the premiere had finished, the chat function ended too.

 

[Hannah F]

Yes, I’m experienced the same; once the premiere had finished, the chat function ended too.

same happened to me.

 

[Hannah F]

Said the Bridlington bear to the bee,
"Did you make all that honey for me?"
Said the bee, "Not for you;
"it's for Winnie the Pooh"
So the bear threw the bee in the sea.

 

[Hannah F]

In a ship on its way to Vancouver
The cabin boy broke its one hoover.
The passengers fussed
as they choked upon dust,
but the crew knew the Heimlich Manoeuvre.

 

[Galadriel]

In a ship on its way to Vancouver
The cabin boy broke its one hoover.
The passengers fussed
as they choked upon dust,
but the crew knew the Heimlich Manoeuvre.

Oh definitely my favourite!

 

[Galadriel]

A lemon, a peach and a pear
Were sharing their thoughts about hair
the pear thought peach wrong
to wear it wavy and long
So lemon chopped her bangs up to there.

 

[Galadriel]

There once was a spinster from Mousehole
Whose dietary habits were doubtful
She dined on a shoe
a pile of bamboo
and died later on with her mouthful.

 

[Galadriel]

On a tree by a bridge in the dark
I suspended a poignant remark
when I coughed very hard
it caught me off guard
and I fell from that tree in the dark

 

[Hannah F]

On a tree by a bridge in the dark
I suspended a poignant remark
The next day when it fell
A poor Troll went through hell
Leaving goats free to cross to the park.

 

[Hannah F]

A lemon, a peach and a pear
were sharing their thoughts about hair
Said the peach, "I've hair too"
Said the others, "poor you"
As they sat on an Ascot's headwear.

 

[Vagabond Heart]

Sad one this..

In a ship on its way to Vancouver
It attempted a tricky manoeuvre
My wife slipped off the deck
And got stuck by her neck
And then died because no one could move her.

 

[Vagabond Heart]

And a lighter one..

Said the Bridlington bear to the bee
‘I would like you to sit on my knee’
Said the bee to the bear
‘I think that is fair
But I’d have to charge you a fee’.

 

[Hannah F]

There once was a spinster from Mousehole
Who liked to look out of control.
On a warm day in Spring
The choir started to sing
So she raunchily danced up the Maypole.

 

[Vagabond Heart]

There once was a spinster from Mousehole
Who liked to look out of control.
On a warm day in Spring
The choir started to sing
So she raunchily danced up the Maypole.

Ha, nice, like the raunchy dancing bit.
Now, for next level up of challenge, can you do one with Mousehole as it’s pronounced - which is Mow-zl?
I dare you . Xxx

 

[Hannah F]

Ha, nice, like the raunchy dancing bit.
Now, for next level up of challenge, can you do one with Mousehole as it’s pronounced - which is Mow-zl?
I dare you . Xxx

Gosh! I didn't even know it was a real place! . . . Thinking cap on . . .

 

[Vagabond Heart]

Gosh! I didn't even know it was a real place! . . . Thinking cap on . . .

Yeah, is in Cornwall. I grew up in Devon and am embarrassed to say I only learned how it was pronounced about 10 years ago, lol.

 

[Hannah F]

Yeah, is in Cornwall. I grew up in Devon and am embarrassed to say I only learned how it was pronounced about 10 years ago, lol.

There once was a spinster from Mow-zl
Who dined on a creel-full of krill
Then, later that night
She burst into light
And was seen from Penzance to Bray Hill.

 

[Vagabond Heart]

There once was a spinster from Mow-zl
Who dined on a creel-full of krill
Then, later that night
She burst into light
And was seen from Penzance to Bray Hill.

Absolutely love it.
But, lol, it’s Mow (like cow)
And zl (a bit like the zle at the end of drizzle).

But hell’s bells girl, you’re good at this xxx

 

[Galadriel]

There once was a spinster from Mousehole
Who liked to look out of control.
On a warm day in Spring
The choir started to sing
So she raunchily danced up the Maypole.

Mousehole is pronounced Mauzul Mau to rhyme with 'now.' It's a Cornish place, so you had to know the pronunication!

 

[Jonny]

A lemon, a peach and a pear
Were sharing their thoughts about hair
When along came an orange
Who sat down... and... err... umm... ohhhhh...
Ah, feck it!

 

[Hannah F]

Absolutely love it.
But, lol, it’s Mow (like cow)
And zl (a bit like the zle at the end of drizzle).

But hell’s bells girl, you’re good at this xxx

There once was a spinster from Mow-zl
Who villagers nicknamed Miss Cow-sill
A cow jumped her hedge
Onto her window ledge
Of its hoofprints the village is proud still.

 

[Vagabond Heart]

There once was a spinster from Mow-zl
Who villagers nicknamed Miss Cow-sill
A cow jumped her hedge
Onto her window ledge
Of its hoofprints the village is proud still.

I blooming knew you could do it.

 

[Jonny]

There once was a spinster from Mousehole
Noticed one day there were cows ill
And although it was wet
She called out the vet
Who fixed them all up and they're now brill

 

[Eva Ulian]

Yes, I’m experienced the same; once the premiere had finished, the chat function ended too.

same here.

 

[Jonny]

When a kangaroo carries a football
You'd better look out if you're too small
For alas and alack
You can try get it back
But you could get a kick so it's your call