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Article #730100Re: Shadowville Mythos: Key Characters / Will Dockery
From: ME
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2021 23:28
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2021 23:28
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On Friday, April 2, 2021 at 2:19:55 AM UTC-4, michaelmalef...@gmail.com wrote: > On Friday, April 2, 2021 at 1:53:04 AM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote: > > Michael Pendragon wrote: > > > > > On Friday, April 2, 2021 at 12:42:05 AM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote: > > >> Michael Pendragon wrote: > > >> > > >> > On Thursday, April 1, 2021 at 6:45:49 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote: > > >> > > > >> >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > Today's poem on the Shadowville Mythos poetry blog: > > >> >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > Key Characters > > >> >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > He tried to see himself > > >> >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > through the mediocrity. > > >> >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > Fullest memories > > >> >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > of moments of intuition. > > >> >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > Unhelpful > > >> >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > perhaps > > >> >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > we both see. > > >> >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > [...] > > >> >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > Read more at: > > >> >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > https://shadowville-mythos.blogspot.com/2021/03/key-characters.html > > >> >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_%C3%A0_clef > > >> >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> >> > > > > > > >> > > > > That doea apply, and two of my best teachers, Dan Barfield and Ahmos Zu-Bolton, encouraged the confessional poetry style by working in the form themselves and discouraging rhyming, which Barfield called a crutch. > > >> >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > >> >> > > > > > > >> > > > Two great poets and teachers from the look of it.... > > >> >> > > > > > > >> > > Both were definitely profound influences on my poetry. > > >> >> > > > > > > >> > Really? > > >> >> > > > > > > >> > > > >> >> > > > > > > >> > Is Barfield also incapable of writing a complete sentence? > > >> >> > > > > > > >> > > > >> >> > > > > > > >> > Zu-Bolton couldn't have been an influence -- you've already conceded that he was "well spoken." > > >> >> > > > > > > >> > > > >> >> > > > > > > >> > Michael Pendragon > > >> >> > > > > > > >> > “I tend to be stunned by the soft green eyed redheads the most, but the raven haired Xenas > > >> >> > > > > > > >> > give me quite a buzz, as do the brown eyed bombshells, et cetera ad infinitum... and can fall in love at the drop of a hat, or panties...***wink***" > > >> >> > > > > > > >> > -- Will Dockery, on love. > > >> >> > > > > > > > > > >> >> > > > > > > >> That was my view on love twenty years ago, when I was more of a lothario than I am now, now that old age us settling in. > > >> >> > > > > > > > > > >> >> > > > > > > > It's an immature (not mention sexist) view for a man in his 40s as well. > > >> >> > > > > > > > >> >> > > > > > > I don't deny that, and like I said, I feel differently now.. > > >> >> > > > > > > > >> >> > > > > > How so? Do green-eyed redheads and raven-haired Xenas leave you limp? > > >> >> > > > > No, I just don't like sounding like Donald Trump when I discuss them now. > > >> >> > > > So you've no problem with objectifying women, but are hoping to do so in more politically correct terms? > > >> >> > > I didn't say that. > > >> > > > >> >> > Look out, Pendragon will find way to lie about you, Doc... > > >> > > > >> >> That's a given, it seems. > > >> > > >> > Why are you trolling me > > >> That's absurd, /you've/ been trolling me with your "sig.file" for weeks, now. > > > > > > If you stand behind what you've written, you should have no problem with my using your words (blemishes and all) for my sig.file. > > I do object to you attributing forged posts to me. > None of my posts were forged, Will. > > I've got over 100 sig.files (not all from you). One is an oblique quote. One is an indirect quote. The rest are quoted verbatim (typos included). He should think, read and then reread his posts prior to hitting Post message. Or, in some cases, delete.
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