Poet Laureate
Picture the scene:
a student, pallid-faced and green
slumped weakly on the floor, broken bones, injured spleen,
weary head, straggly hair,
and just, like, blood going everywhere.
We wonder worriedly ‘What happened there?’
But ‘tis not our question to ask;
For here comes, to complete his sworn task
With vibrant cape and protective mask,
The brave Corpus Poet Laureate;
Apologising profusely, he’s very sorry it
Has taken him so long; but he strides to the body, however gory it
may be (for though it may not strike you
at first, he is no ordinary bystander like you)
And whispers into its ear a haiku;
‘I am the Poet
Laureate; here is a poem
To save you… okay?’
Truly his poetry is infallible,
His inventive spirit always willable,
(Though to make it work he had to add on a couple of extra syllables).
Instantly, the injured springs up from the floor,
Rejuvenated fully – and some more,
And walks straight through a plate glass door.
The cheers and cries are great and loud,
The Poet Laureate thanks the crowd,
And vanishes into the night, having made his college proud.
(If you are a student of Corpus in urgent need of a poem, call me, Adam, the incumbent Corpus Poet Laureate. Plus I also do regular poems for the JCR meetings and run the poetry society, if you’re interested!)
A catalogue of poems can be found below.
- Poems by Ruth Port (elected Trinity Term 2022)
- Poems by Anna Cowan (elected Trinity Term 2021)
- Poems by Nicole Man (elected Trinity Term 2020)
- Poems by Caleb Barron (elected Trinity Term 2019)
- Poems by Liv Moul (elected Trinity Term 2018)
- Poems by Miriam Tomusk (elected Hilary Term 2017)
- Poems by Rob Jackson (elected Hilary Term 2016)
- Poems by Cleo Henry (elected Hilary Term 2015)