The UniVerse

We hope you're enjoying your Designer Verse experience. Whilst you're here, why not make your mark on The UniVerse, our global poem composed of contributions from people all across the world?

All you have to do is contribute a 'couplet' (two lines) based on the theme 'The World Around Me' (see examples)

Your two lines do not necessarily have to rhyme and you can structure your couplet however you wish (just so long as you adhere to a few basic rules)

The UniVerse so far....

The World Around Me
I vow to agree with aything in this website - "Dan the Man", London
This time of year, we all think cash, or maybe the baby`s nappy rash - barb t., bristol
Stardust sparkles from afar
On the release of a twinkling star - J McV, Ayrshire
The sun is bright, the sky is blue,
My nose feels tingly as I shout "Achoo" - Andy H, Portsmouth
So write a poem, make a smile
And tell people you love them once in a while - Sandy S, Bromley
My life is my own, this beautiful world
I choose to roam; finding love finding life. - Katie Gill, London
my mum is amazing
more so than star gazing - LT, dorset
True friends are hard to find, so always keep yours in your heart and mind. - Ann, Coventry
My world is my wife
The strength in my life - Mark Hayden, Bromley
Here I sit, sighing into a phone,
Another restless office drone. - Rich, London
We buy clothes made in cages
By people with low wages - Foley, Winchester
life's is too eco-friendly,
that's why i reserve the right to ignite! - Janeycat, UKNortholt , Old london town
i live my life in lower case,
HIGHER RESERVED FOR ANOTHER RACE. - Graham Hayden, Bromley
I watch the world-a-changing with regret
And wish I understood Facebook etiquette. - Caroline Laitner, London
Sometimes when the Universe gets too much,
I buy a bottle of absinthe and go dutch. - Andrea Mills, Kent
Every day I work at my PC,
It's slowly starting to drive me crazy. - Andy Carr, London
Am I truly what I want to be,
Or am I just immitating what I see around me? - Disha Sughand, London
Absence of stars,
Reading the papers in a plethora of coffee bars. - Jo Cashman, London
Global chaos wracks my mind,
What imprint does my routine leave? - Becky Fincham, London
Tonight I listened to the laughter cloaking me like a gown,
Inside warm and soft happy sound. - Freda Dahl-Nielson, London
Patience makes the heart grow fonder.
I love you?, Do you?, I wonder? - Tim Perry, Portsmouth
Everywhere, old and young,
In my bed and in my tummy. - Lucy Carr, London
My breaths are full when I'm in Dorset -
Far better than in my corset. - Hannah Baker, London
Shake hands, be friends, come one and all,
The world's more important than a rugby ball! - Hazel Hayden, Bromley
To be free or not to be free,
The future is ours to see. - Ray Downing, London
Stars and church bells and cigarettes
And no regrets. - Lucy,Jo,Disha and Nico, London

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