Hey Ric, don't sniff at it. I'll probably be 91 by the time anyone
offers me a rosette. If even then. If I live that long. I suppose,
given my predeliction for parades and marching bands (I don't *like*
them, I actually dislike them, but they make me cry), it's not surprising
that I'd be a sucker for rosettes too. I take heart anyway from the
knowledge that a 91-year old woman is writing poems and winning awards,
and that there is life after teaching. Anyway, enough of all this.
Mairead
On Sat, 3 Jun 2000, Richard Caddel wrote:
> 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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