3 OCTOBER 1998, Page 69

No. 2056: Double troubles

`The trouble with geraniums/is that they're much too red./The trouble with my toast is that/it's far too full of bread.' You are invit- ed to write a poem (maximum 16 lines) in the same metre detailing other 'troubles'. Entries to 'Competition No. 2056' by 15 October.