Conquering America

[ray miller]

http://wildpoetryforum.com/phpBB3/viewt ... 16&t=14154

I am the penguin.

[David2]

http://wildpoetryforum.com/phpBB3/viewt ... 16&t=14154

I am the penguin.

We know that! But that's brilliant, Ray. Well done.

[Antcliff]

Well done indeed, Penguin!

[Ros]

IBPC!!!! That way madness lies!!!

But well done, Penguin!

[ray miller]

Thanks very much, on behalf of all penguins everywhere.

[Magpie Jane]

Ah! Penguin is victorious overseas!

Good show, Ray. Applause!
. . . and it is a great poem too . . .

Jane

[ray miller]

Thanks, Jane.

[Antcliff]

Great poem. Congrats again.

seth

[ray miller]

Thanks, Seth. I find it a bit odd that the judge professes not to understand the George Eliot and Jane Austen yet awards the poem first prize.

[twoleftfeet]

Only just spotted this.
Well done, mate!

It took 4 Byrds to conquer the UK but only 1 pigeon to conquer America (and without any help from the beetles).

[ray miller]

Thanks, Geoff. Who'd have thought it? I feel like Hugh Laurie.

[shadwell smith]

Congratulations, Ray.

[ray miller]

Thanks, Shadwell.

[Lake]

Congratulations, ray! Next endeavor/attempt is to conquer the world.

But what's the difference between poems written by American and British poets?
There must be. But how big is it?
I am asking because I once invited a friend and she mentioned UK forum and US forum.
When I join a forum, I never take this into consideration.

Lake

[ray miller]

Congratulations, ray! Next endeavor/attempt is to conquer the world.

But what's the difference between poems written by American and British poets?
There must be. But how big is it?

Lake

In the UK we spell endeavour with a "u".

Thanks, Lake. I think 40-50 years ago, there were Larkin and Betjeman, typical British poets, unlike anyone in America, that I've come across anyway. These days there's not so much difference, I don't think. We've a slightly different sense of humour and a lot of American poetry dwells upon the self rather more intensely than is healthy, perhaps. As for the difference in forums - they are all far too nice over there.

[Lake]

In the UK we spell endeavour with a "u".

Good one. And pronounciation, too.
Thanks for the reply, Ray.