Let the Thames stir you to verse and you could win two tickets to Thames Festival's Cruise in the Company of Sir Andrew Motion.
The former Poet Laureate will present an evening of poems and reflections on Saturday 7 September aboard City Cruises flagship vessel, Millennium Diamond. As the boat sets off from Tower Pier, you can look forward to a celebration of London's greatest waterway and the many myths, poems and stories it has inspired. Passengers will be offered a glass of wine on arrival and canapés throughout the cruise, with access to a cash bar.
Want to win two tickets to this delightful literary Thames Festival event? Pen us a few lines on the River Thames - be it rhyming couplet, haiku, limerick, sonnet or epic poem - and submit them in the comments.
THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED - THANK YOU FOR YOUR WONDERFUL ENTRIES! CONGRATULATIONS TO MITOMANO.
Our friends at Thames Festival will pick their favourite after 5pm on Wednesday 4 September and we'll notify the winner by email.
Tickets for this cruise, which takes place on Saturday 7 September departing at 4pm cost £22 per person and can be booked at City Cruises website. You can also book for one in the company of historian Dan Cruickshank on Monday 9 September, departing at 7.30pm.
The Mayor’s Thames Festival runs 6-15 September 2013. Book now for walks and talks.
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