18 FEBRUARY 1989, Page 45

No. 1564: Monorhyme

A ten (or more)-line piece of verse, please, with only one rhyme, and that of two syllables. The rhyme words can, of course, be of any number of syllables (e.g. you could rhyme 'detritus', 'Titus' and 'fight us'). Entries to 'Competition No. 1564' by 3 March.

The top winner of this and the next competition will receive a bottle of Zinfan- del (Mariah Vineyard) 1984, presented by Mr Jedediah Steele of the Kendall-Jackson Winery, Lakeport, California.