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Re: Angel of Esquiline Hill / Will Dockery

#818144
From: will.dockery@gma
Date: Tue, 31 May 2022 17:14
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Michael Pendragon wrote:
> Will Dockery wrote:
>
>> It's painfully obvious that your poem was "inspired," at least in part,
>> from "Suzanne Takes You Down."  In fact, I'd venture to guess that the
>> vast majority of your poems are derived from rock or folkie songs (like
>> that "Hotel California" clone)

> Which you were also mistaken about, and I explained to you nearly endlessly.

>> I'm just not well-versed enough in late 60s/early 70s music to pick up on
>> them all.

> Seriously, nothing like that is there, although I do love Leonard Cohen's
> poetry, this is working in a very different area than "Suzanne"... ask
> somebody who would actually know, like George Dance.

> https://youtu.be/st3dbWFKpB8

> Angel of Esquiline Hill
> Poem by Will Dockery
> Music by Rob Wright and Jack Snipe.

> Again, I love the Leonard Cohen poetry, but this poem is operating on a
> whole other level, one personal to me and my world, as is "Esquiline Hill"
> unique to me and the setting for my poetry, Shadowville.

> So, Ping: George Dance.

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An earlier discussion where Michael Pendragon showed his cluelessness about Leonard Cohen once again.

🙂

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