17 JUNE 2000, Page 67

No. 2143: Bosie and Bron

In a recent Sunday Telegraph, two lines, one of poetry and one of prose, by Lord Alfred Douglas and Auberon Waugh, leapt at me from the page: 'Here's a short life to the man I hate' and 'I will not weep for a French goose.' You are invited to write a poem (maximum 16 lines) starting with either. Entries to 'Competition No. 2143' by 29 June.