One of these poem
won a prize of
£750.0
was displayed on
the London Underground
and was read on Classic FM.
NEWCASTLE BROWN
In Newcastle did Colonel
Jim
A stately brown ale
decree
Where beer the sacred
river ran
In bottles measureless
to man
He said pour it slowly
- a little at a time
So a rich creamy head
comes to its prime
It is a miracle of
rare device
Best drunk cool from
caves of ice
Keith Thompson
13th August 1992
POETRY PALE & NEWCASTLE ALE
It puts the ale in poetry's
pale
And that's the one
for me
For it's almost a crime
to chime and rhyme
In nineteen ninety
three
Aye give em bottle lad
Show em what's t' do
Let's put some Newcastle
In poetry's pale review
Keith Thompson
27th July 1993