#barristerpoetry brings light-hearted fun to steely profession
A witty hashtag thought up by a top employment law barrister has prompted a flurry of law-themed poetry to sweep the Twitterverse.
And who said lawyers have no sense of humour?
11KBW barrister Sean Jones QC began spontaneously tweeting using the #barristerpoetry hashtag yesterday morning. After a slow start, other lawyers caught on and began to offer up their own snippets of creativity, and we think they’re great.
Here are some of Legal Cheek’s favourites.
There was some Shakespeare.
O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo
Persons stepping onto this balcony do so at their own risk#barristerpoetry— Chris Dale (@chrisdaleoxford) May 17, 2016
Even William Wordsworth was given the legal treatment…
@seanjonesqc I sought permission to wonder lonely as a cloud but relied on wrong stat provision & now seek leave to appeal #barristerpoetry
— Ishan Kolhatkar (@BPTC_Lecturer) May 17, 2016
So did Robert Frost.
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-
I took the one less traveled by,
Which the defendant owed a statutory duty to maintain#barristerpoetry— Nigel Poole (@NigelPooleQC) May 17, 2016
The row about trigger warnings in law lectures got a mention.
Midst dreaming spires a thought is dawning,
This lecture's worth nine trigger warnings#barristerpoetry— DefenceSylph (@carnybull) May 17, 2016
So too did Graeme Stening, the Waterloo rush hour sex lawyer.
My love was all mine without disgrace,
Waterloo Station – and it was ace!#barristerpoetry— DefenceSylph (@carnybull) May 17, 2016
As did the Mr Justice Smith lost luggage fiasco.
What happened to the luggage
What happened to the luggage
What happened to the luggage-Mr Justice Peter Smith.#barristerpoetry
— Tom Webb (@Treiziemesalope) May 17, 2016
Keep them coming!
