[lit-ideas] The Thing I Thought I Would Not Watch
- From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 00:12:19 -0700
http://www.celebuzz.com/2011-04-29/royal-wedding-livestream-watch-history-happen-here-video/
So here I am, after midnight and after tennis, winding down with a beer,
watching "history" happen. It turns out that the current understanding of pomp
and circumstance, audience-wise, is some version of Mardi Gras. Don't get
caught without a Union Jack dart in your hair do. I wondered what poetry came
of this. Even the Daily Torygraph seems to like the offering:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/royal-wedding/8478333/Poet-laureate-pens-a-poem-for-the-Royal-wedding.html
'strawdinry.
David Ritchie,
off to bed soon in
Portland,
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