Bards Brawl

eil Miller wrote his first poem when he was eight years old. The poem featured a tip-toeing tiger, and it introduced the expression “tip-paw” to the English language. Almost a decade later, Miller wrote a second poem. Inspired by both William Shakespeare and a very expensive automobile, he composed a sonnet to a girl he fancied: “Shall I compare thee to a Jaguar XJ6? No, for you are not British racing green and you don’t go at 120 miles an hour.” The third and last poem to date was written a couple of months ago when Miller’s employer, the conservative lobbying group the Taxpayers’ Union,