29 JUNE 1985, Page 37

Competition

No. 1378: Ungallantry

Set by Jaspistos: You are invited to write a poem (maximum 12 lines) beginning, like Leigh Hunt's famous one, 'Jenny kiss'd me when we met', but expressing, unlike Leigh Hunt, displeasure on the occasion. Jenny can be any age, and there is no need to copy the metre or rhyme scheme of the original. Entries to 'Competition No. 1378' by 12 July.