It seems Carol Ann Duffy is on laureate leave, leaving a literary lacuna. Can you fill it? The Guardian is urging folks to write a poem for the royal sprog. How about you having a go?

Antoine de St Exupéry’s Little Prince was on a different planet from the rest of us. Perhaps George Louis will have the same experience. Who knows? His folks could end up losing their job or anything, what with the way things are at the moment.

Anyhow, if you fancy filling Duffy’s shoes pro tem,  here’s the link. Please say you saw it on Write Out Loud!

Not a bad effort here from the former children's laureate, Michael Rosen, for a start. 

Oh, and we are indebted to Private Eye for permission for us to reproduce their latest cover.

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