I set a competition in my Writing Without Waffle tipsheet for subscribers to write a poem starting with the line “Twinkle, twinkle, little copywriter” (because the theme of this year’s National Poetry Day is ‘stars’). Here are my favourite entries.
First place:
Ian Price, Business Training Direct
Twinkle twinkle, little copywriter
With sword, and pen more mightier
Your credibility is flying higher
I like your work – so does my buyer
Twinkle twinkle little copywriter
Against the Google, you are a fighter
When the careless words are gone
When there’s nothing but syntax wrong
Then you show your talent bright
Twinkle twinkle with words so right
Oh my copywriter – you star
How I wonder what you are!
In the pamphlet’s confusing fog and haze
You find the right endearing phrase
For you there is no mundane copy
No grammatical farce nor construction sloppy
Banished are the clauses that throttle
Indeed you are my Aristotle
So Twinkle more my little star
Between us, let us travel far!
Second place:
Rosemary Godfrey, Pilates Body
Twinkle, twinkle, little copywriter
How I long for your next newsletter
Hints and tips and tricks to share
Let your clients know you care
Twinkle, twinkle, little copywriter
Can you make my marketing better?
Third place:
Jon Radford, Beer & Young Ltd
Twinkle, twinkle, little copywriter
Let your words arouse the nation
Or at least revive my business
Otherwise I shall forsake you
For ….
(Insert your favourite ending here!).
My own humble effort
Twinkle, twinkle, little copywriter
Needs no sword coz the pen is mightier
Using words is so much brighter
Better a wordsmith than a fighter
I didn’t pick the winner because it was the longest (size doesn’t matter, or so they say), but because Ian had matched his version so closely to the original poem. His prize will be in the post shortly.
Do you agree with my decision? Let me know in the comments below.
