A Blast From the Pelican's Poetic Past.

Corpuscles!

Sadly and inexcusably, my updating of this blog fell by the wayside as I fell into the abyss of despair that was my second year Mods exams. With this in mind, and now we have a new Laureate, I thought I would update you all with the remainder of the poems from my time as JCR Poet Laureate, before I hand the blog over to Tom, its current incumbent.

Michaelmas 2010, Week 1

My first general poem for a JCR meeting. It concerns a serious lack of kitchen appliances in college staircases, and a mythical French girl invented by Jack Evans. Those were the days. It reads thus:

I welcome you all to this JCR meeting;

(Although I’ll admit that my visit is fleeting;

No more than a chance to exhibit my metre,

Provide a quick prelude and pillage the pizza)

(I know that my departure may seem somewhat rude;

But the only discussions are the cooking of food

And mythical French girls, so I think I might pass

On this JCR meeting, and do prep for my class)

For those who do stay, these motions are grave

And serious, surely, should microwaves

Have grills or not? And what of the poor

Microwave deprivation in Staircase 4

And can OUSU do something to help with our fees?

Or funding for lecturers, questions like these

Are such to be asked, so let’s get stuck in,

Grab some pizza, let the meeting begin.

And one final question, which won’t go away

Just who the fuck is Lilou Jeunet?