A gothic castle stands alone and distant,
Alluring to friends and strangers seeking fame,
Its silent turrets loom aloof and stark,
Above those players in their chilling game.
Each night the corridors are stalked by death,
Dressed in its cloak and visage drained bone pale,
Inside the traitors mass and roll their dice,
Whilst outside in the woods the banshee wails.
Traitors. Fantastic.
(16.10.25)
© Ben Quant 2025
Photo by Mike van den Bos on Unsplash
From church to Traitors
Sublime to ridiculous
In just one evening
My evening!
(08.10.25)
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Leon, like, I literally love,
But loopy Linda what a laugh!
Lisa left her liturgy, whilst
Shameful Charlotte shifts her tongue.
Manipulating Minah makes her move
But fearful Freddie finds the answer.
Francesca chooses to chew things over
But artfully, Alex avoids attention.
As Alexander articulates
Leanne angrily argues back.
Jubilantly Jake announces, ‘I knew it!’
but Anna never knows it’s coming…
Will feuding faithfuls find the faithless
or treacherous traitors survive in triumph?
The opening admiration of Leon was uttered by one of the contestants on The Traitors last night (15.01.25). It’s alliteration immediately caught my attention, I knew it had to become a poem…
(16.01.25)
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Photo David Kratz, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Today, all day,
I sat in a meeting
And found myself
Wondering
Wouldn’t it
be more fun
If someone was
A traitor…
From time to time
We’d break into
Subcommittees
And scheme
And then we’d draw
Our pens and cast
A suspect out
Before
The constitution
Affords the traitor
A chance to veto
Someone’s voice.
After a six hour meeting, it was good to come home and catch up with Traitors, a complete contrast!
(11.01.25)
Tricky decisions have to be made as
Round the round table divisions are played.
Against one another in plotting and scheming
In devious manoevers, of success they are dreaming.
Tripping each other with unfolding feelings
Of who they suspect of foul play in their dealings.
Respect has no place as they race to the gold,
So gather your wits or be left in the cold…
New Year, new series of Traitors, and once again we’re hooked.
(09.01.25)
© Ben Quant 2025
Photo by Tyler Quiring on Unsplash
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