Welcome to my page of short odes to current affairs.

If you're interested, you can read about how it all started.

Otherwise, these are the News Odes...

Monday 23 June 2003

On the news that a "comedy terrorist" gatecrashed Prince William's 21st birthday party...

A prankster crashed
Wills' 21st.
The queen is not
Amused one bit.

It seems unkind
To throw him out
When after all
He paid for it.

Monday 9 June 2003

I am on holiday for two weeks...

The News Odes will be back after this break.

Friday 6 June 2003

On the news that the Royal Mail are to stop sending post by rail...

This is the Night Mail
Crossing the border,
Bringing the cheque
And the postal order,

Letters for the rich,
Letters for the poor...
At least, it used to
But not any more.

Thursday 5 June 2003

On the news that Hillary Clinton's autobiography has fetched $8m (the second biggest advance ever for an autobiography, after the Pope's) with its

So Hillary
Was furious when
She found out Bill
Had dipped his wick.

What next? Shock
Revelations claiming
Pope John Paul's
A Catholic?

Wednesday 4 June 2003

On the news that EasyJet has been accused of running misleading adverts...

"A pound a flight!"
Said EasyJet
How much cheaper
Could flying get?

But once you've added
Tax and costs
The answer, it seems,
Is quite a lot.