10 FEBRUARY 1990, Page 44

No. 1614: Bouts times

A poem, please, using the following rhyme-words in this order: company, luna- cy, poke, joke, asserted, converted; down, town, another, brother, succumbed, plumbed, try, eye. Entries to 'Competition No. 1614' by 23 February. A tenner to any- one who can spot the source of the rhyme sequence.