POETRY COMPETITION

An Ode to Tony Stubblebine

Another anagram poem. Are you fed up with these yet?

Every word in this poem, including the title, can be formed from the letters in the name Tony Stubblebine.

Lest You Lose Us

O Tony, noble Tony Beset by ebony tunnels By busty, nubile, sunlit bints

Oh Tony, noble Tony You sentient, steely suit You built elite sites So be lenient to us

Listen.

I obey you I use notes I use tension I use subtle lies I title I subtitle I use intent I set bylines

Yet

Yet nett bounty is tiny It’s teeny-tiny ’Tis not tonnes ’Tis not ninety-nine ’Tis not e’en ten ’Tis teeny, tiny It is nil!

Nil bounty is insolent to us Subtlety is not sonnet to us Enlist us, entitle us Settle us, buoy us

Unite us, noble Tony Use us not Bubbly, tubby Tony Snub us not

I lobby you

Oi! Listen!

Bounty ebbs So, I sob Be not silent, Tony

Be-stoe us bounty, noble Tony Tote us bounty, yes?

Yo Tony, noble Tony Bubbliest entity You be busy, I no But stint us not I is bust

Written for Smillew Rahcuef’s poetry competition. “The rules are simple. There are no rules except for the poem’s topic, which should be “wanting Tony to give us more money.”