Midsummer Poetry Challenge

To celebrate the summer solstice, November Cub set the challenge to write an anchored terset using the first letters of Midsummer’s Night Dream (as created by North East poet Lisa Matthews for the Northern Poetry Library).

• An anchored terset is a very small poem made up of three words – the first begins with the letter M, the second with the letter N and the third with the letter D, capped up, followed by, on the fourth line, a full stop (the anchor).
• Your terset can be as silly, serious, creative or boring as you like but please stay clear of crude or offensive content.
• Don’t forget the full-stop at the end.

We were overwhelmed with the response and the creativity! You can read this brand new collection of poetry below.

Mystery New Disease . Dick	Morbidities Non-denominational Discombobulation . Dick	Mummy        Needs Drink . Fiona
Magic Never Disappoints . Fiona	My Nearest Dearest . Fiona	Marginal Notation Detected . Fiona
Maybe Never Darling . Fiona	Magnificent Nessie Drowns . Fiona	Mine New Depths . Allison
Mystery Nightingale Descents . Andrea	My Nemesis Dallies . Andrea	Moths                     Nestle                               Delicately                        .                 Christine
Marauding Nightjars  Dispatch . Christine	Mother's  Negotiate Dispassionately . Christine	Motoring Notoriously Dominic . Hazel
Mates Notionally Distancing . Hazel	Monument Nazis Disgrace . Hazel	Mirza Not Delivering . Hazel
Mortality Needs Dexamethasone . Hazel	Marcus's Nourishing Dinners . Hazel	Myths Never Die . Sue
Music Never Dies . MisterDee ToYou	Must Never Darken . MisterDee ToYou	Make New Dreams . MisterDee ToYou
Midwife Normally Delivers . MisterDee ToYou	Mouth-watering Nacho Drums . MisterDee ToYou	Media Never Delivers . MisterDee ToYou
May Never Dawn . MisterDee ToYou	Microwaves Nuke Dinners . MisterDee ToYou	Moldovan National Dress . MisterDee ToYou
Mum’s New Distraction . MisterDee ToYou	My Neat Doorstep . Sarah	Many Need Dreams . Tony
Masked Nurse Delivers . Helen	Munching Noisy Doritos . Helen	Most News Deceives . Helen
My New Day . Lucy	Magic Never Dies . Jeannette	Magicians Normally Disappear  . MisterDee ToYou
Mankind  Needs  Diversity  . MisterDee ToYou	Might Not Die . Graham	Maybe Never Dream . Graham
Mornings Not Doable . Graham	Mental Nihilism  Drowns . Graham	Music Never Disappoints . Graham
Most News Dreadful . Graham	Melancholic Neurological  Drowsiness . Graham	Most Never Discuss . Graham
Mausoleum  Necropolis Dusty . Graham