The Bells by Edgar Allan Poe

Zod-The...@none.i2p

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Nov 12, 2019, 1:45:09 AM11/12/19

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On Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 10:55:35 AM UTC-5, George J. Dance wrote:
> On Feb 9, 1:09 pm, Will Dockery <will.dock...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Saturday, February 9, 2013 12:49:04 PM UTC-5, George Dance wrote:
> > > Today on The Penny Blog:
> > > The Bells, by Edgar Allan Poe
> > > Hear the sledges with the bells--
> > > Silver bells!
> > > What a world of merriment their melody foretells!
> > > How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle,
> > > In the icy air of night!
> > > [...]
> >
> > > http://gdancesbetty.blogspot.ca/2013/02/bells-poe.html
> >
> > Very cool one, George.
> >
>
> Thanks. And it almost didn't go on, considering (1) it isn't seasonal,
> and I'm on a seasonal kick, and (2) it's already on Penny's Poetry
> Pages. I was planning to post Susanna Moodie's "Sleigh Bells", since
> I'd (mis)remembered that went in a similar direction: from her
> (speaker) anticipating her husband's return, to the reality of his
> death; it was a nice segue, for those reading the archive later, into
> the death imagery of Weldon Kees's poem. But then, when I reread
> "Sleigh Bells," I found it wasn't about that at all. I don't know if I
> got that idea from reading "The Bells" or elsewhere, but in any case
> "The Bells" is now the segue, and I
> can post "Sleigh Bells" today.
>
> > A lot of Edgar Allan Poe around here lately, I named Poe and The White Album by The Beatles as the two biggest direct influences on me getting into poetry on my last television interview, my grandkids' favorite bedtime story is, incredibly, my rendition of "Tell Tale Heart", I first told it to them around halloween, and now they request it often.
> >
>
> Children seem to be awfully bloodthirsty sometimes. My own belief is
> that they understand that bloodshed like that isn't real. I'll bet
> their parents aren't too happy about it, though.
>
> > I looked at Lou Reed's CD of The Bells in Atlanta (a new remastered version which I already have an older copy of) and then there's his entore album version of The Raven, stupendous.
> >
>
> I've seen that as an LP, but never heard it; didn't realize it was a
> reference to Poe.
>
>
> > Ever hear Phil Ochs' adaptation of "The Bells"? Allen Ginsberg played bells and castenets on that one...
>
> No, I hadn't; but I listened to it on YouTube last night, and liked it
> better than the spoken version I already have linked on PPP. So I
> added a link to Ochs's song onto the PPP article as well. Thanks for
> telling me about it.

A favorite from Poe....!!

Michael Pendragon

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Nov 12, 2019, 9:39:23 AM11/12/19

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What makes "The Bells" a favorite of yours, Stink?

Zod-The...@none.i2p

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Nov 12, 2019, 10:37:19 AM11/12/19

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Michael Pendragon wrote on Tue, 12 November 2019 14:39

Call me General Zod and I will answer you..............

Coco DeSockmonkey

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Nov 12, 2019, 10:58:30 AM11/12/19

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Stop lying, Stink. You couldn't answer my question if you tried.

Zod-The...@none.i2p

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Nov 12, 2019, 11:03:51 AM11/12/19

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Coco DeSockmonkey wrote on Tue, 12 November 2019 15:58

You will...?

Will you also stop gay laming and making woman hating misogyny posts.....?

I doubt it......

Ha ha ha......

Zod-The...@none.i2p

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Nov 12, 2019, 9:06:19 PM11/12/19

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On Tuesday, November 12, 2019 at 9:39:23 AM UTC-5, Michael Pendragon wrote:

> What makes "The Bells"

How about you....?

Michael Pendragon

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Nov 12, 2019, 11:06:06 PM11/12/19

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Why should I make "The Bells" a favorite poem of yours, Stink?

Will Dockery

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Nov 13, 2019, 3:02:32 AM11/13/19

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On Tuesday, November 12, 2019 at 1:45:09 AM UTC-5, Zod-The...@none.i2p wrote:

And a favorite thread, as well.

;)

Michael Pendragon

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Nov 13, 2019, 9:42:30 AM11/13/19

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This is one of your favorite threads?

Why?

No, wait... let me guess.

No one has made fun of you in it yet?

Will Dockery

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Nov 13, 2019, 1:33:30 PM11/13/19

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The original thread this broke from.

;)

Zod-The...@none.i2p

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Nov 13, 2019, 4:41:26 PM11/13/19

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Will Dockery wrote on Wed, 13 November 2019 18:33

Exactly.... we shall bump the other one to the top shortly........

General Zod

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Nov 13, 2019, 7:44:19 PM11/13/19

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I thank thee.......

Zod-The...@none.i2p

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Dec 2, 2019, 8:47:11 AM12/2/19

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A favorite revisited.....

Zod-The...@none.i2p

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Dec 18, 2019, 4:06:52 PM12/18/19

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Michael Pendragon wrote on Tue, 12 November 2019 14:39

Edgar Allan Poe's brilliance.... for one thing....

Michael Pendragon

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Dec 18, 2019, 5:00:00 PM12/18/19

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Poe's brilliance is what attracts you to him as an author. What about "The Bells" makes you appreciate it?

Zod-The...@none.i2p

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Dec 19, 2019, 2:43:30 AM12/19/19

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Today on The Penny Blog:
> > > The Bells, by Edgar Allan Poe
> > > Hear the sledges with the bells--
> > > Silver bells!
> > > What a world of merriment their melody foretells!
> > > How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle,
> > > In the icy air of night!
> > > [...
> > >
> > > > http://gdancesbetty.blogspot.ca/2013/02/bells-poe.html
> >

> > Thanks. And it almost didn't go on, considering (1) it isn't seasonal,
> > and I'm on a seasonal kick, and (2) it's already on Penny's Poetry
> > Pages. I was planning to post Susanna Moodie's "Sleigh Bells", since
> > I'd (mis)remembered that went in a similar direction: from her
> > (speaker) anticipating her husband's return, to the reality of his
> > death; it was a nice segue, for those reading the archive later, into
> > the death imagery of Weldon Kees's poem. But then, when I reread
> > "Sleigh Bells," I found it wasn't about that at all. I don't know if I
> > got that idea from reading "The Bells" or elsewhere, but in any case
> > "The Bells" is now the segue, and I
> > can post "Sleigh Bells" today.
> >
> > > A lot of Edgar Allan Poe around here lately, I named Poe and The White Album by The Beatles as the two biggest direct influences on me getting into poetry on my last television interview, my grandkids' favorite bedtime story is, incredibly, my rendition of "Tell Tale Heart", I first told it to them around halloween, and now they request it often.
> > >
> >
> > Children seem to be awfully bloodthirsty sometimes. My own belief is
> > that they understand that bloodshed like that isn't real. I'll bet
> > their parents aren't too happy about it, though.
> >
> > > I looked at Lou Reed's CD of The Bells in Atlanta (a new remastered version which I already have an older copy of) and then there's his entore album version of The Raven, stupendous.
> > >
> >
> > I've seen that as an LP, but never heard it; didn't realize it was a
> > reference to Poe.
> >
> >
> > > Ever hear Phil Ochs' adaptation of "The Bells"? Allen Ginsberg played bells and castenets on that one...
> >
> > No, I hadn't; but I listened to it on YouTube last night, and liked it
> > better than the spoken version I already have linked on PPP. So I
> > added a link to Ochs's song onto the PPP article as well. Thanks for
> > telling me about it.

Zounds....

Z...@none.i2p

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Dec 19, 2019, 6:03:19 AM12/19/19

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Michael Pendragon wrote on Tue, 12 November 2019 14:39

> What makes "The Bells" a favorite of yours

All of it....!!

Michael Pendragon

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Dec 19, 2019, 4:37:17 PM12/19/19

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Okay. What makes all of "The Bells" a favorite poem of yours?

Z...@none.i2p

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Dec 19, 2019, 5:04:11 PM12/19/19

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This is one of my top ten favorite Poe poems....!!

Michael Pendragon

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Dec 19, 2019, 5:13:33 PM12/19/19

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On Thursday, December 19, 2019 at 5:04:11 PM UTC-5, Z...@none.i2p wrote:
> This is one of my top ten favorite Poe poems....!!

Good for you, Stink!

Why is this one of your "top ten favorite Poe poems....!!"[sic]?

Zod-The...@none.i2p

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Dec 19, 2019, 6:10:13 PM12/19/19

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Because this poem is a favorite of mine...

Zod The Mighty

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Dec 19, 2019, 7:08:19 PM12/19/19

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On Tuesday, November 12, 2019 at 11:06:06 PM UTC-5, Michael Pendragon wrote:
>
> > > > > > > Today on The Penny Blog:
> > > > > > > The Bells, by Edgar Allan Poe
> > > > > > > Hear the sledges with the bells--
> > > > > > > Silver bells!
> > > > > > > What a world of merriment their melody foretells!
> > > > > > > How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle,
> > > > > > > In the icy air of night!
> > > > > > > [...]
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > http://gdancesbetty.blogspot.ca/2013/02/bells-poe.html

> Why should I make "The Bells" a favorite poem

That is a choice you must make on your own....

Michael Pendragon

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Dec 19, 2019, 8:32:53 PM12/19/19

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On Thursday, December 19, 2019 at 6:10:13 PM UTC-5, Zod-The...@none.i2p wrote:
> Because this poem is a favorite of mine...

Why are you such a moron, Stink?

Zod-The...@none.i2p

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Dec 19, 2019, 8:40:52 PM12/19/19

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Michael Pendragon wrote on Fri, 20 December 2019 01:32

> On Thursday, December 19, 2019 at 6:10:13 PM UTC-5, Zod-The...@none.i2p wrote:
> > Because this poem is a favorite of mine...
>
> Why are you

Please, fuckhead, call me General Zod...!

Michael Pendragon

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Dec 19, 2019, 10:45:30 PM12/19/19

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Why are you such a cry baby, Stink?

Will Dockery

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Dec 20, 2019, 12:11:52 AM12/20/19

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Michael Pendragon wrote:
>
> Why are you such

<snip>

And around and around you and Zod go, endlessly... what do you ever hope to accomplish from your harassment of Zod, Pendragon?

Zod The Mighty

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Dec 20, 2019, 3:42:57 AM12/20/19

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I just enjoy the poem and expect others here do as well....!!

Michael Pendragon

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Dec 20, 2019, 8:37:13 AM12/20/19

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On Friday, December 20, 2019 at 12:11:52 AM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:

I hope to get Stink to understand that there is more to a literary discussion than "I likes... I likes."

I hope to get Stink to recognize the individual elements in "The Bells" that make it one of his favorite poem.

I also hope to get Stink to be able to express what those elements are.

If Stink is going to post here 24/7, he might as well post something worth reading.

NancyGene

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Dec 20, 2019, 9:42:51 AM12/20/19

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That is probably a futile hope.

"Jordy" has supposedly loved the Wallace Stevens poem "The Candle a Saint" for years yet doesn't "understand the 'point' or 'message' of the poem." Maybe after eons of study, he could crack the code on 14 lines. There is always the Internet.

General Zod

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Dec 21, 2019, 12:05:39 PM12/21/19

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Michael Pendragon wrote:
>
> Poe's brilliance is what attracts you to him as an author

Indeed it does.....

JD Chase

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Dec 21, 2019, 2:09:05 PM12/21/19

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“Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything
That’s how the light gets in”
-anthem-Leonard Cohen
One of his best songs, Imo 😊☺️🙏❤️

Edward Rochester Esq.

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Dec 21, 2019, 2:10:55 PM12/21/19

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I'm not so sure light gets into all cracks...

Will Dockery

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Dec 21, 2019, 2:15:58 PM12/21/19

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On Saturday, December 21, 2019 at 2:09:05 PM UTC-5, JD Chase wrote:
>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KqI-hMysn4

Bob Dylan - Ring Them Bells

NancyGene

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Dec 21, 2019, 2:37:15 PM12/21/19

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"Where The Sun Don't Shine," Ray Stevens:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFto0uwl37w

Michael Pendragon

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Dec 21, 2019, 4:09:48 PM12/21/19

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Since you've never met Poe, you cannot experience his brilliance firsthand. What attracts you to Poe are certain elements in his writing that differentiate his writing from that of other authors.

In order to explain what attracts you to "The Bells," you need to *think* about the poem, identify the stylistic elements that make it better than Longfellow's "Christmas Bells," list them here, and... just maybe... apply some of those elements to your own poetic endeavors.

Will Dockery

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Dec 21, 2019, 4:47:25 PM12/21/19

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Michael Pendragon wrote:
>
> Since you've never met Poe, you cannot experience his brilliance firsthand

For myself, I can experience his brilliance through his stories and poems, as I think Zod does.

Michael Pendragon

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Dec 21, 2019, 5:30:26 PM12/21/19

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That's what I just said, Will.

You experience it through his work. This means that you find some elements of his work to be "brilliant" (i.e., superior to that of the average writer).

So, what particular elements of "The Bells" make it a "brilliant" poem?

Will Dockery

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Dec 21, 2019, 5:46:47 PM12/21/19

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Michael Pendragon wrote:
>
> You experience it through his work. This means that you find some elements of his work to be "brilliant"

That is correct.

;)

Will Dockery

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Dec 21, 2019, 9:21:04 PM12/21/19

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Edgar Allan Poe wrote a great poem here, who would not agree?

Michael Pendragon

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Dec 21, 2019, 11:00:16 PM12/21/19

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Of course it's correct -- I wrote it.

Now point out some of the individual elements in Poe's poem that make it appear "brilliant" to you.

Michael Pendragon

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Dec 21, 2019, 11:07:31 PM12/21/19

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On Saturday, December 21, 2019 at 9:21:04 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
> Edgar Allan Poe wrote a great poem here, who would not agree?

PJR pops into mind.

However, this is not a Second Grade English class. Calling a poem "great," doesn't tell us anything new about it.

"The Bells" appeared in my 10th Grade English Literature book, and I've no doubt that many others here first encountered it in a classroom setting as well.

That alone would argue for its being considered a "great" poem.

Rather than repeat something we were all taught in High School, why don't you present this literary discussion group with... a literary discussion of "The Bells."

We've all been taught that it is a "great" poem. You can kick off the discussion by telling us why *you* consider it to be a "great," "brilliant," "outdamstanding," "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" poem.

Will Dockery

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Dec 21, 2019, 11:56:31 PM12/21/19

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Which shows how little sense PJR really has.

;)

General Zod

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Dec 22, 2019, 12:43:45 AM12/22/19

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On Saturday, December 21, 2019 at 2:09:05 PM UTC-5, JD Chase wrote:
>

One of his most iconic lines, in fact....!!

Michael Pendragon

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Dec 22, 2019, 4:02:14 PM12/22/19

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On Saturday, December 21, 2019 at 11:56:31 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
> Which shows how little sense PJR really has.

He has more sense than you.

And he's able to write a viable critique of Poe's poem, which you, apparently, are not.

Will Dockery

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Dec 22, 2019, 4:07:44 PM12/22/19

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Michael Pendragon wrote:
>
> And he's able to write a viable critique of Poe's poem

If that's what he wants to write about, more power to him.

;)

Will Dockery

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Dec 22, 2019, 4:25:14 PM12/22/19

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On Sunday, December 22, 2019 at 4:02:14 PM UTC-5, Michael Pendragon wrote:
> On Saturday, December 21, 2019 at 11:56:31 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
>
> > Which shows how little sense PJR really has.
>
> He has more sense than

Than me, perhaps... and more sense than you?

Let's just say PJR isn't a Pat Boone/Tiny Tim groupie, like you.

;)

Michael Pendragon

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Dec 22, 2019, 5:15:58 PM12/22/19

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Both of whom can sing circles around you without breaking a sweat.

What's your point?

Will Dockery

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Dec 22, 2019, 5:19:19 PM12/22/19

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That I'm not in a Best Singer contest.

:)

General Zod

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Dec 22, 2019, 5:33:30 PM12/22/19

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On Saturday, February 9, 2013 12:49:04 PM UTC-5, George Dance wrote:
>
> > > > Today on The Penny Blog:
> > > > The Bells, by Edgar Allan Poe
> > > > Hear the sledges with the bells--
> > > > Silver bells!
> > > > What a world of merriment their melody foretells!
> > > > How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle,
> > > > In the icy air of night!
> > > > [...]
> > >
> > > > http://gdancesbetty.blogspot.ca/2013/02/bells-poe.html

I love this poem and reposted this poem.... that's it, no explanation needed.....

Michelangelo Scarlotti

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Dec 22, 2019, 5:56:27 PM12/22/19

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Why are you unable to tell us why you like a poem, Stink?

Will Dockery

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Dec 22, 2019, 6:24:52 PM12/22/19

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Either a person likes a poem or not, it isn't required to explain why.

;)

Zod The Mighty

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Dec 22, 2019, 6:52:18 PM12/22/19

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On Saturday, December 21, 2019 at 2:09:05 PM UTC-5, JD Chase wrote:
>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8-BT6y_wYg

Michelangelo Scarlotti

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Dec 22, 2019, 6:53:45 PM12/22/19

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On Sunday, December 22, 2019 at 6:24:52 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
> Either a person likes a poem or not, it isn't required to explain why.

It's certainly helpful in a *discussion* group, though.

Zod The Mighty

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Dec 22, 2019, 7:00:09 PM12/22/19

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So you can tells why YOU love this poem, then....

Show me and the others how it's done....!!

General Zod

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Dec 22, 2019, 7:06:05 PM12/22/19

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On Wednesday, December 18, 2019 at 5:00:00 PM UTC-5, Michael Pendragon wrote:

> On Wednesday, December 18, 2019 at 4:06:52 PM UTC-5, Zod-The...@none.i2p wrote:
>
> > > >>>> Today on The Penny Blog:
> > > >>>> The Bells, by Edgar Allan Poe
> > > >>>> Hear the sledges with the bells--
> > > >>>> Silver bells!
> > > >>>> What a world of merriment their melody foretells!
> > > >>>> How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle,
> > > >>>> In the icy air of night!
> > > >>>> [...]
> > > >>>
> > > >>>> http://gdancesbetty.blogspot.ca/2013/02/bells-poe.html
> > > >>>

> > > >>> Very cool one, George.
> > > >>>
> > > >>
> > > >> Thanks. And it almost didn't go on, considering (1) it isn't seasonal,
> > > >> and I'm on a seasonal kick, and (2) it's already on Penny's Poetry
> > > >> Pages. I was planning to post Susanna Moodie's "Sleigh Bells", since
> > > >> I'd (mis)remembered that went in a similar direction: from her
> > > >> (speaker) anticipating her husband's return, to the reality of his
> > > >> death; it was a nice segue, for those reading the archive later, into
> > > >> the death imagery of Weldon Kees's poem. But then, when I reread
> > > >> "Sleigh Bells," I found it wasn't about that at all. I don't know if I
> > > >> got that idea from reading "The Bells" or elsewhere, but in any case
> > > >> "The Bells" is now the segue, and I
> > > >> can post "Sleigh Bells" today.
> > > >>
> > > >>> A lot of Edgar Allan Poe around here lately, I named Poe and The White Album by The Beatles as the two biggest direct influences on me getting into poetry on my last television interview, my grandkids' favorite bedtime story is, incredibly, my rendition of "Tell Tale Heart", I first told it to them around halloween, and now they request it often.
> > > >>>
> > > >>
> > > >> Children seem to be awfully bloodthirsty sometimes. My own belief is
> > > >> that they understand that bloodshed like that isn't real. I'll bet
> > > >> their parents aren't too happy about it, though.
> > > >>
> > > >>> I looked at Lou Reed's CD of The Bells in Atlanta (a new remastered version which I already have an older copy of) and then there's his entore album version of The Raven, stupendous.
> > > >>>
> > > >>
> > > >> I've seen that as an LP, but never heard it; didn't realize it was a
> > > >> reference to Poe.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>> Ever hear Phil Ochs' adaptation of "The Bells"? Allen Ginsberg played bells and castenets on that one...
> > > >>
> > > >> No, I hadn't; but I listened to it on YouTube last night, and liked it
> > > >> better than the spoken version I already have linked on PPP. So I
> > > >> added a link to Ochs's song onto the PPP article as well. Thanks for
> > > >> telling me about it.
> > > >
> > > > A favorite from Poe....!!
> > >
> > > What makes "The Bells" a favorite of yours
> >
> > Edgar Allan Poe's brilliance.... for one thing....

>
> Poe's brilliance is what attracts you

No shit, Sherlock....!!

Michael Pendragon

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Dec 23, 2019, 12:26:14 AM12/23/19

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You've read my reviews for the past few Samplers, Stink. That ought to show you how it's done.

What you need to understand is that no one gives a crap what *you* like or don't like.

No one cares what any of us like.

Posting poems and saying "I like it," and having others respond on a similar level ("Me too!"/"I don't like it") is just plain childish -- and it makes for excruciatingly dull reading as well.

So stop telling us what you like and what you don't like.

Tell us *why* you like or don't like something.

Zod-The...@none.i2p

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Dec 23, 2019, 6:10:58 AM12/23/19

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Michael Pendragon wrote:
>
> What you need to understand is that no one gives a crap what *you* like or don't like

If you really did not care you would not be here for hundreds of posts showing me how much you really do care...!!

Michael Pendragon

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Dec 23, 2019, 8:08:24 AM12/23/19

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Whatever blows your skirt up, Stink.

Will Dockery

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Dec 23, 2019, 12:12:43 PM12/23/19

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As Pendragon once again reveals his true agenda... gay laming Zod.

;)

Michael Pendragon

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Dec 23, 2019, 12:20:34 PM12/23/19

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None of the homosexual men I know wear skirts, Will.

Edward Rochester Esq.

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Dec 23, 2019, 12:24:39 PM12/23/19

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blow wind up my skirt

to give me a cheap thrill that is not genuine, e.g. by flattering me or telling me something you think I want to hear

General Zod

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Dec 23, 2019, 5:23:28 PM12/23/19

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George Dance wrote:
>
> > > > Today on The Penny Blog:
> > > > The Bells, by Edgar Allan Poe
> > > > Hear the sledges with the bells--
> > > > Silver bells!
> > > > What a world of merriment their melody foretells!
> > > > How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle,
> > > > In the icy air of night!
> > > > [...]
> > >
> > > > http://gdancesbetty.blogspot.ca/2013/02/bells-poe.html

A favorite of mine, others may like it as well.........

Simply enjoy it.......!!

General Zod

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Dec 24, 2019, 2:07:50 PM12/24/19

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Men do not wear skirts so it was obviously a gay lame....

Michael Pendragon

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Dec 24, 2019, 2:33:00 PM12/24/19

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On Tuesday, December 24, 2019 at 2:07:50 PM UTC-5, General Zod wrote:
> Men do not wear skirts so it was obviously a gay lame....

Did you see the *definition* of the phrase that Edward posted?

Do you understand the definition and how it applies?

Will Dockery

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Dec 24, 2019, 10:13:00 PM12/24/19

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Yes, it is a damn good poem, and needs no explanation.

;)

Edward Rochester Esq.

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Dec 24, 2019, 10:46:48 PM12/24/19

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On Tuesday, December 24, 2019 at 2:07:50 PM UTC-5, General Zod wrote:
> Men do not wear skirts so it was obviously a gay lame....

Bag Pipers are a pretty rough group of men...

Will Dockery

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Dec 24, 2019, 11:25:30 PM12/24/19

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Kilts and skirts I've always seen as quite different... I'm a big fan of both Braveheart and Rob Roy.

:)

Michael Pendragon

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Dec 25, 2019, 12:08:00 AM12/25/19

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If you post it in a discussion group, you should be prepared to discuss it.

If you've got nothing to say about it, don't post it.

Will Dockery

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Dec 25, 2019, 12:11:04 AM12/25/19

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That's not required, though.

;)

Michael Pendragon

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Dec 25, 2019, 12:17:36 AM12/25/19

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There are no official guidelines for the group, at present.

But posting famous poems without comments is a needless waste of everyone's time.

If you and your fellow Stooges are going to do it, prepare yourselves for the consequent eye-poke.

Will Dockery

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Dec 25, 2019, 1:08:34 AM12/25/19

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Michael Pendragon wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > Today on The Penny Blog:
> > > > > > > > > The Bells, by Edgar Allan Poe
> > > > > > > > > Hear the sledges with the bells--
> > > > > > > > > Silver bells!
> > > > > > > > > What a world of merriment their melody foretells!
> > > > > > > > > How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle,
> > > > > > > > > In the icy air of night!
> > > > > > > > > [...]
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > http://gdancesbetty.blogspot.ca/2013/02/bells-poe.html

> But posting famous poems without comments is a needless waste of everyone's time

I don't agree.

;)

Zod-The...@none.i2p

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Dec 25, 2019, 12:26:36 PM12/25/19

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Michael Pendragon wrote on Sun, 22 December 2019 04:07
> On Saturday, December 21, 2019 at 9:21:04 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
> > Edgar Allan Poe wrote a great poem here, who would not agree?
>
> PJR pops into mind

Peter seems to pop into your mind quite often....

General Zod

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Dec 25, 2019, 7:30:52 PM12/25/19

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Outstanding poem by Poe....!!

Will Dockery

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Dec 26, 2019, 4:02:50 PM12/26/19

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"General Zod" wrote in message
news:8f8e7ef1-ab08-4473...@googlegroups.com...
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> Outstanding poem by Poe....!!

Agreed.

;)

Zod-The...@none.i2p

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Dec 26, 2019, 6:09:39 PM12/26/19

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Michael Pendragon wrote on Tue, 12 November 2019 14:39
> On Tuesday, November 12, 2019 at 1:45:09 AM UTC-5, Zod-The...@none.i2p wrote:
> > On Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 10:55:35 AM UTC-5, George J. Dance wrote:
> >> On Feb 9, 1:09 pm, Will Dockery <will.dock...@gmail.com> wrote:

> >>> On Saturday, February 9, 2013 12:49:04 PM UTC-5, George Dance wrote:
> >>>> Today on The Penny Blog:
> >>>> The Bells, by Edgar Allan Poe
> >>>> Hear the sledges with the bells--
> >>>> Silver bells!
> >>>> What a world of merriment their melody foretells!
> >>>> How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle,
> >>>> In the icy air of night!
> >>>> [...]
> >>>
> >>>> http://gdancesbetty.blogspot.ca/2013/02/bells-poe.html
> >>>

The fact that it is a great poem by a master of poetry.....

Zod The Mighty

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Dec 27, 2019, 2:19:40 AM12/27/19

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He can't stop.... he is a fixated fool.....

Zod-The...@none.i2p

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Dec 27, 2019, 3:39:45 PM12/27/19

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Will Dockery wrote on Sun, 22 December 2019 04:56
> Which shows how little sense PJR really has.
>
> ;)

PJR is an odd bird....

Zod The Mighty

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Dec 27, 2019, 10:36:05 PM12/27/19

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Does he ever not....?

General Zod

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Dec 29, 2019, 4:14:15 AM12/29/19

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One of Poe'š beat.....!

Zod-The...@none.i2p

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Dec 29, 2019, 9:26:45 AM12/29/19

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Will Dockery wrote on Wed, 13 November 2019 08:02

> And a favorite thread, as well.
>
> ;)

Quite True.....

Zod-The...@none.i2p

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Jan 13, 2020, 6:48:17 PM1/13/20

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It is quite cogent.....

NancyGene

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Jan 13, 2020, 6:53:14 PM1/13/20

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On Sunday, December 29, 2019 at 9:14:15 AM UTC, General Zod wrote:
> One of Poe'š beat.....!

What are the chances of both Will Dockery and George Sulzbach typing the same "š" by mistake? Do they share keyboards AND accounts?

Zod-The...@none.i2p

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Jan 13, 2020, 6:57:52 PM1/13/20

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NancyGene wrote on Mon, 13 January 2020 23:53

> On Sunday, December 29, 2019 at 9:14:15 AM UTC, General Zod wrote:
> > One of Poe'š beat.....!
>
> What are the chances of both Will Dockery and George Sulzbach typing the same "š" by mistake? Do they share keyboards AND accounts?

Just a simple typo, Nancy G......

We all make them sometimes.....

Even Peter typed "Sir Paulm" and hates to be reminded of that..........!

NancyGene

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Jan 13, 2020, 7:05:01 PM1/13/20

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It is not easy to type "š" on the keyboard, yet both you and Will have done that in the past. Do a search for that character.

Zod-The...@none.i2p

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Jan 13, 2020, 7:07:13 PM1/13/20

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NancyGene wrote on Tue, 14 January 2020 00:05

Typos happen, Nancy G.... I have even caught you making them...........!

Heath...@novabbs.i2p

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Jan 31, 2020, 3:30:42 AM1/31/20

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Another all time favorite by the mighty Poe......

Hector Heathcliff

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Feb 10, 2020, 3:40:05 AM2/10/20

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On Sunday, December 22, 2019 at 7:24:52 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
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> Either a person likes a poem or not, it isn't required to explain why.
>
> ;)

Exactly....

Zod-The...@none.i2p

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Feb 26, 2020, 12:54:39 AM2/26/20

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Michael Pendragon wrote on Sun, 22 December 2019 04:07
> On Saturday, December 21, 2019 at 9:21:04 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
> > Edgar Allan Poe wrote a great poem here, who would not agree?
>

> PJR pops into mind.

I suspect Peter pops your mind quite often......