On Monday, July 4, 2022 at 12:32:51 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
Penny's Poetry Blog's poem for July 4:
I like Americans, by Ernest Hemingway
I like Americans.
They are so unlike Canadians.
They do not take their policemen seriously.
[...]
https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2022/07/i-like-americans-ernest-hemingway.html
I remember the other Hemingway poem I read, now.
Very similar to this one, same conversational style, as you mentioned, comparable to the delivery of Frank O'Hara or Jerry Seinfeld.
Great choice.
On 2022-07-04 4:11 p.m., Will Dockery wrote:
On Monday, July 4, 2022 at 12:32:51 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
Penny's Poetry Blog's poem for July 4:
I like Americans, by Ernest Hemingway
I like Americans.
They are so unlike Canadians.
They do not take their policemen seriously.
[...]
https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2022/07/i-like-americans-ernest-hemingway.html
I remember the other Hemingway poem I read, now.
Very similar to this one, same conversational style, as you mentioned, comparable to the delivery of Frank O'Hara or Jerry Seinfeld.
There are two possibilities I can think of. The most likely is "I Like Canadians", a companion piece Hemingway wrote. It starts off:
I like Canadians.
They are so unlike Americans.
They go home at night.
[...] https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2017/07/i-like-canadians-ernest-hemingway.html
Both poems came out in Toronto's defunct /Star Weekly/ magazine, in the
same year (which is all the date my source gives). They're so similar
that it's likely they were published together.
I agree with what you said about the poems' style; I can easily imagine
them as monologues delivered by a Canadian and an American as part of a speakoff competition, perhaps a roast.
The other possibility is "The Soul of Spain, with Mcalmon and Bird the Publishers." That's in the same style, but less unity in subject to hold
it together; so it wanders all over the place, and sounds like the
ramblings of a madman. It's on the wiki only because it's my candidate
for Worst. Poem. Ever.
https://pennyspoetry.fandom.com/wiki/The_Soul_of_Spain_/_Ernest_Hemingway
George J. Dance wrote:
On 2022-07-04 4:11 p.m., Will Dockery wrote:
On Monday, July 4, 2022 at 12:32:51 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote: >>>>
Penny's Poetry Blog's poem for July 4:
I like Americans, by Ernest Hemingway
I like Americans.
They are so unlike Canadians.
They do not take their policemen seriously.
[...]
https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2022/07/i-like-americans-ernest-hemingway.html
I remember the other Hemingway poem I read, now.
Very similar to this one, same conversational style, as you mentioned, comparable to the delivery of Frank O'Hara or Jerry Seinfeld.
There are two possibilities I can think of. The most likely is "I Like
Canadians", a companion piece Hemingway wrote. It starts off:
I like Canadians.
They are so unlike Americans.
They go home at night.
[...]
https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2017/07/i-like-canadians-ernest-hemingway.html
Both poems came out in Toronto's defunct /Star Weekly/ magazine, in the
same year (which is all the date my source gives). They're so similar
that it's likely they were published together.
I agree with what you said about the poems' style; I can easily imagine
them as monologues delivered by a Canadian and an American as part of a
speakoff competition, perhaps a roast.
The other possibility is "The Soul of Spain, with Mcalmon and Bird the
Publishers." That's in the same style, but less unity in subject to hold
it together; so it wanders all over the place, and sounds like the
ramblings of a madman. It's on the wiki only because it's my candidate
for Worst. Poem. Ever.
https://pennyspoetry.fandom.com/wiki/The_Soul_of_Spain_/_Ernest_Hemingway
Again, Hemingway's poetry strikes me as possibly a parody of the then current "Modern" free verse.
Will Dockery wrote:
George J. Dance wrote:
On 2022-07-04 4:11 p.m., Will Dockery wrote:
On Monday, July 4, 2022 at 12:32:51 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote: >>>>>
Penny's Poetry Blog's poem for July 4:
I like Americans, by Ernest Hemingway
I like Americans.
They are so unlike Canadians.
They do not take their policemen seriously.
[...]
https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2022/07/i-like-americans-ernest-hemingway.html
I remember the other Hemingway poem I read, now.
Very similar to this one, same conversational style, as you mentioned, comparable to the delivery of Frank O'Hara or Jerry Seinfeld.
There are two possibilities I can think of. The most likely is "I Like
Canadians", a companion piece Hemingway wrote. It starts off:
I like Canadians.
They are so unlike Americans.
They go home at night.
[...]
https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2017/07/i-like-canadians-ernest-hemingway.html
Both poems came out in Toronto's defunct /Star Weekly/ magazine, in the
same year (which is all the date my source gives). They're so similar
that it's likely they were published together.
I agree with what you said about the poems' style; I can easily imagine
them as monologues delivered by a Canadian and an American as part of a
speakoff competition, perhaps a roast.
The other possibility is "The Soul of Spain, with Mcalmon and Bird the
Publishers." That's in the same style, but less unity in subject to hold >>> it together; so it wanders all over the place, and sounds like the
ramblings of a madman. It's on the wiki only because it's my candidate
for Worst. Poem. Ever.
https://pennyspoetry.fandom.com/wiki/The_Soul_of_Spain_/_Ernest_Hemingway
Again, Hemingway's poetry strikes me as possibly a parody of the then current "Modern" free verse.
You seem to be on to it there, Doc....
Penny's Poetry Blog's poem for July 4:
I like Americans, by Ernest Hemingway
I like Americans.
They are so unlike Canadians.
They do not take their policemen seriously.
[...]
https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2022/07/i-like-americans-ernest-hemingway.html
George J. Dance wrote:
Penny's Poetry Blog's poem for July 4:
I like Americans, by Ernest Hemingway
I like Americans.
They are so unlike Canadians.
They do not take their policemen seriously.
[...]
https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2022/07/i-like-americans-ernest-hemingway.html
Again, interesting oddity....
On 2022-07-04 4:11 p.m., Will Dockery wrote:
On Monday, July 4, 2022 at 12:32:51 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
Penny's Poetry Blog's poem for July 4:
I like Americans, by Ernest Hemingway
I like Americans.
They are so unlike Canadians.
They do not take their policemen seriously.
[...]
https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2022/07/i-like-americans-ernest-hemingway.html
I remember the other Hemingway poem I read, now.
Very similar to this one, same conversational style, as you mentioned, comparable to the delivery of Frank O'Hara or Jerry Seinfeld.
There are two possibilities I can think of. The most likely is "I Like Canadians", a companion piece Hemingway wrote. It starts off:
I like Canadians.
They are so unlike Americans.
They go home at night.
[...] https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2017/07/i-like-canadians-ernest-hemingway.html
Both poems came out in Toronto's defunct /Star Weekly/ magazine, in the
same year (which is all the date my source gives). They're so similar
that it's likely they were published together.
I agree with what you said about the poems' style; I can easily imagine
them as monologues delivered by a Canadian and an American as part of a speakoff competition, perhaps a roast.
The other possibility is "The Soul of Spain, with Mcalmon and Bird the Publishers." That's in the same style, but less unity in subject to hold
it together; so it wanders all over the place, and sounds like the
ramblings of a madman. It's on the wiki only because it's my candidate
for Worst. Poem. Ever.
https://pennyspoetry.fandom.com/wiki/The_Soul_of_Spain_/_Ernest_Hemingway
Great choice.
Penny's Poetry Blog's poem for July 4:
I like Americans, by Ernest Hemingway
I like Americans.
They are so unlike Canadians.
They do not take their policemen seriously.
[...]
https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2022/07/i-like-americans-ernest-hemingway.html
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