This morning I was interviewed on BBC Hereford & Worcester and BBC WM about being commissioned to write poetry for the Nationwide ad campaign. BBC WM asked me if I wouldn’t mind writing a short poem for them on a subject they were discussing – Peter Kay’s ‘Car Share’. Now I happen to love that programme, so I agreed, and came up with:
Peter Kay’s ‘Car Share’
Thrown together to share a car
They chat and dream and travel far
Kayleigh, John and Forever FM
A situation comedy gem
© Heather Wastie
written for BBC WM 12th April 2017
For the film of the Nationwide ad, I was asked to wear a beanie or bobble hat. During the filming day I got chatting on the subject of hats with a lovely guy from the film company called Jon who inspired this:
Hats
I’m happy in a beanie
And I’m partial to a bobble
For I like to wear a hat that is
Both warm and comfortobble
© Heather Wastie
And for no particular reason, I’ll leave you with this thought:
Important question
Now the Queen’s an oldie
Is she going mouldy?
© Heather Wastie