Cheers to bar-d rhyme!A LYRICAL lyr·i·cal adj. 1. a. Expressing deep personal emotion or observations: a dancer's lyrical performance; a lyrical passage in his autobiography. b. landlord in the Black Country is looking for local poets to become the Bard bard, in Wales, term originally used to refer to the order of minstrel-poets who composed and recited the poems that celebrated the feats of Celtic chieftains and warriors. of the Bar. The search for the Pub Poet is being launched to coincide with a "golden ale" festival being held in The Swallows Nest, on Bromsgrove Road, Romsley, Halesowen, and eight other Vintage Inns in the region, throughout July and August. The regional winner will have their verse judged against winners from 22 other Vintage Inns collections and a national winner will then be chosen. The national winner will land a VIP weekend for four in London, including tickets for Kew Gardens Kew Gardens (ky  ), Kew, Surrey, S England, on the Thames just W of London; Royal Botanic Gardens is the official name. .
Poems must contain a reference to Birmingham and the Black Country and one of the six beers included in the real ale festival. Entries must be sent by email to pubpoet@gmail.com and entrants should put The Swallows Nest in the subject line of their email and include their name and telephone number in the email itself. The deadline is July 31. CAPTION(S): Pint and poem: Heather Harding, of The Swallows Nest in Halesowen, is asking punters to wax lyrical for the Pub Poet contest. |
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