Mairead, I found the idea of a "Champion Poet" with a trophy, and
probably one of those big rosettes as in C18th Cent agricultural
prints ("The Great Poet Recently Raised by Mr RILEY of the County of
CAMBRIDGESHIRE") worth a smile... best, R
On Sat, 3 Jun 2000 09:44:34 -0400 (EDT), you wrote:
>Don't laugh, Peter. Is it that the poet is a woman, is 91, is an ex-teacher,
>that's funny? Or that she is from Buckinghamshire? With the
>exception of the Buckinghamshire bit, which is admittedly hilarious, I'd
>like something similar to be written about me, in about 50 years.
>Or maybe it's United Press that's funny and I just don't get it because
>of cultural distance and a personal inability to consider publishers
>as other than tragic.
>Mairead
>
>On Sat, 3 Jun 2000, Peter Riley wrote:
>
>> Since we seem to be in the silly season, everyone will want to know that,
>> according to today's post, Louise Rider, a 91-year old ex-teacher from
>> Buckinghamshire, is United Press's UK Poetry Champion of 2000.
>>
>> She gets a trophy, one hundred pounds, and a book with her poem in it.
>>
>> If you would like a coloured photograph of her receiving her trophy, all
>> you have to do is phone 01282 459533.
>>
>> /PR
>>
>>
>>
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