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Will Dockery

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Feb 7, 2018, 12:20:19 AM2/7/18
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Act of Will: Selected poems by Will Dockery / Coming in 2018.

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/357684395398348563/

Featuring these poems from all stages of the life and times of Will Dockery
of Shadowville U.S.A.

> A Certain Music
> Apple Montage
> At the Taco Stand
> Frayed Page Soaked in Rain
> Ganesha Girl on Rankin
> Karma Bombs
> Nightmare Tears
> Sky Song
> Stoneman the Cat
> Tired of Waiting
> To the Sea Angel
> Truckstop Woman
> Twilight Girl
> Watermelon Moon
> Winterworld Descending

And other poems from 1974-2018

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/357684395398348563/

Act of Will: Selected poems by Will Dockery / Coming in 2018.
Edited and Published by George J. Dance

Will Dockery

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Feb 8, 2018, 11:48:29 AM2/8/18
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"George J. Dance" wrote in message
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Great idea, Will, to file all these notes onto their own thread.

I've got 20 poems, BTW; but I reserve the right to bump any of them for
another one.

A Certain Music
Decima for Decima
Frayed Page Soaked in Rain
Ganesha Girl on Rankin
Honeytrip Sestina

Karma Bombs
Looked All Over
Nightmare Tears
Saint Augustine Blues #6
Sky Song

Silver Glassy Rain
Smoke Beast Growing
Stoneman the Cat
Tired of Waiting
To the Sea Angel

Truckstop Woman
Twilight Girl
Watermelon Moon
When the Mill Shut Down
Winterworld Descending

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A couple of somewhat surprising choices there, George, one I want to add to
my list is "Rag-Picker Joe"

Check out "Rag-Picker Joe" / Will Dockery & Henry Conley
https://www.reverbnation.com/willdockery/song/26082646-rag-picker-joe--will-dockery-henry?0

Will Dockery - Vocals
Henry Conley - Guitar
Doug Conley - Bass & Clarinet
John Phillips - Drums

I don't have the lyrics handy but you probably remember it.

And although you have no sound, I know you have the CD this track comes from
in your collection.

:)

Will Dockery

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Feb 10, 2018, 1:36:58 PM2/10/18
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"George J. Dance" wrote in message
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On Wednesday, February 7, 2018 at 7:06:09 AM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
> > Act of Will: Selected poems by Will Dockery / Coming in 2018.
> >
> > https://www.pinterest.com/pin/357684395398348563/
>
> Here's a poem I might consider, a "lost" poem from 1999 just discovered
> today:
>
> > Stone, Stone
> > by Will Dockery
> >
> > Walking down Macon Road with Lady Elaine,
> > she's wearing my aged black denim jacket,
> > we're arguing about the moon.
> > In my teal grean hat and fag bag, pacing back & forth,
> > looking at the purple pansies.
> >
> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/rec.arts.poems/VoeZLoQmpPE/NAXkH3YZJ_cJ
>
> > Stone, Stone is copyright 1999 by Will Dockery
>
> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.arts.poems/VoeZLoQmpPE/NAXkH3YZJ_cJ
>
> A poem of mine from nearly twenty years ago, could use some revision, but
> basically a sound work, and might make an interesting addition to this
> volume, or perhaps a future collection if not this one.
>
> > Featuring these poems from all stages of the life and times of Will
> > Dockery
> > of Shadowville U.S.A.
> >
> > > A Certain Music
> > > Apple Montage
> > > At the Taco Stand
> > > Frayed Page Soaked in Rain
> > > Ganesha Girl on Rankin
> > > Karma Bombs
> > > Nightmare Tears
> > > Sky Song
> > > Stoneman the Cat
> > > Tired of Waiting
> > > To the Sea Angel
> > > Truckstop Woman
> > > Twilight Girl
> > > Watermelon Moon
> > > Winterworld Descending
> >
> > And other poems from 1974-2018
> >
> > https://www.pinterest.com/pin/357684395398348563/
> >
> > Act of Will: Selected poems by Will Dockery / Coming in 2018.
> > Edited and Published by George J. Dance
>
> :)

OK; you've just given me an idea. Here's a 5-line poem, and you've also
written some haiku; probably other short things.

I was thinking it would be best to start every poem at the top of a page.
(except the parts of "WD," but that's because they're parts. That may result
in a number of second pages with little or no text on them. I suggest
keeping a file of these short poems (a different kind of "shortlist") to use
on those mostly-blank pages - as filler, in a way, but also as bonus poems.

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A quick note, plan on this, and I'll suppy some short poems, some of them
brand new, to give the collection more collecatability...

Will Dockery

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Feb 13, 2018, 8:03:46 PM2/13/18
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Coming soon to an online bookseller near you...
--
Poetry and Songs of Will Dockery:
https://www.reverbnation.com/willdockery

:)

Will Dockery

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Feb 17, 2018, 8:52:47 PM2/17/18
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"Michael Pendragon" wrote in message
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On Saturday, February 17, 2018 at 5:58:48 AM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
> My friend John Phillips might be a good possibility to write the
> introduction:
>
> > > Critique of "At The Telephone Club" a Henri Coulette poem, written by
> > > John Phillips
> > >
> > > "...An atmospheric, secretive piece by Henri Coulette. His work calls
> > > to
> > > mind Columbus poet Will Dockery for me, as both of their work seems to
> > > exist in a shrouded other-world: for Dockery it is Shadowville, which
> > > we'll address in another column; for Coulette it is the smoky noir Los
> > > Angeles of Raymond Chandler, full of spies and madams and detectives
> > > and
> > > liars, people with secrets hanging out in scuzzy hotel rooms and
> > > putting
> > > out cigarettes in empty bottles of cheap beer [...] This poem, from
> > > his
> > > first book "War of the Secret Agents and other poems," is so deep in
> > > Coulette's dark alternate world that you can see Philip Marlowe
> > > sitting
> > > by himself down at the other end of the bar, with his hat pushed back
> > > on
> > > his head, looking at his drink, thinking. But it's the voice of the
> > > poem's speaker that's most interesting. The character is drawn in a
> > > few
> > > nasty strokes, just a few lines from inside his head, and yet there's
> > > a
> > > sense of who he is, and where he's going, and how bad things will be
> > > when he gets there..." -John Phillips
> > >
> >
> > Nice. He doesn't compare you to Coulette; he compares Coulette to you.
> > That counts for a bit.
>
> Yes, I must admit that it isn't hard to like writing such as this, is it?
>
> "...Columbus poet Will Dockery for me, as both of their work seems to
> exist
> in a shrouded other-world: for Dockery it is Shadowville... for Coulette
> it
> is the smoky noir Los Angeles of Raymond Chandler, full of spies and
> madams
> and detectives and liars, people with secrets hanging out in scuzzy hotel
> rooms and putting out cigarettes in empty bottles of cheap beer..."

I like that

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So do I, great writing.

;)

Will Dockery

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Feb 24, 2018, 2:05:06 AM2/24/18
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Will Dockery

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Feb 25, 2018, 5:37:47 PM2/25/18
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Michael Pendragon wrote:
> > On Saturday, February 24, 2018 at 5:16:51 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
> >
> > > Different John Phillips, of course.
> > >
> > > 😀
> >
> > Oh. Well, in that case ... no one cares.
>
> You cared enough in another thread to make an explanation of who John
> Phillips is and what his importance to poetry is necessary, though,
> Pendragon...
>> I'll repost that part again, if you've forgotten.
>
>> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.arts.poetry.comments/5USK5kHuagA/TdDq9I4bCwAJ
>
> So, I said "I'm sure you would (love to have him write an Intro to your
> book)."
>
> It should be obvious from the context that my remark is sarcastically
> noting that, since he'd slurped you in the passage you'd quoted, you'd
> love to have him slurp you yet again.

Okay, at first it seemed like you were making what we call on Usenet a "gay
lame".

Reposting this on the original thread as well, to keep the record straight
in the archives.

> Pendragon wrote:
> > On Saturday, February 17, 2018 at 6:55:53 PM UTC-5, George J. Dance
> > I'd love to have him.
>
> I'm sure you would.
> ==============================================================
>
> So, I'm giving a few examples of why we love to have John Phillips around.

--
Edited and Published by George J. Dance.

Will Dockery

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Feb 25, 2018, 6:53:46 PM2/25/18
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I'll tell you that answer myself, Jim, since simple common sense is that I ,
or nobody else should be boxing you, a 71 year old man with a history of
seizures and strokes already.

That's just not going to happen, old man... but it can live on in your
fantasies, of course.

--

Will Dockery

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Feb 26, 2018, 1:31:50 PM2/26/18
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Yes, there was definitely a joke, Pen, I know because I made the joke.

The problem is that you didn't get the joke.
Great idea, Will, to file all these notes onto their own thread.

I've got 20 poems, BTW; but I reserve the right to bump any of them for
another one.

A Certain Music
Decima for Decima
Frayed Page Soaked in Rain
Ganesha Girl on Rankin
Honeytrip Sestina

Karma Bombs
Looked All Over
Nightmare Tears
Saint Augustine Blues #6
Sky Song

Silver Glassy Rain
Smoke Beast Growing
Stoneman the Cat
Tired of Waiting
To the Sea Angel

Truckstop Woman
Twilight Girl
Watermelon Moon
When the Mill Shut Down
Winterworld Descending

. .

Will Dockery

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Mar 5, 2018, 12:19:57 PM3/5/18
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Act of Will: Selected poems by Will Dockery / Coming in 2018.

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/357684395398348563/

Featuring these poems from all stages of the life and times of Will Dockery
of Shadowville U.S.A.

> A Certain Music
> Apple Montage
> At the Taco Stand
> Frayed Page Soaked in Rain
> Ganesha Girl on Rankin
> Karma Bombs
> Nightmare Tears
> Sky Song
> Stoneman the Cat
> Tired of Waiting
> To the Sea Angel
> Truckstop Woman
> Twilight Girl
> Watermelon Moon
> Winterworld Descending

And other poems from 1974-2018

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/357684395398348563/

Act of Will: Selected poems by Will Dockery / Coming in 2018.
Edited and Published by George J. Dance.

Coming in 2018... stay tuned...

Will Dockery

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Mar 5, 2018, 12:20:31 PM3/5/18
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Another test post, for the condition of Eternal-September... test... test...
Edited and Published by George J. Dance...

Will Dockery

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Mar 27, 2018, 10:03:51 AM3/27/18
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"George J. Dance" wrote in message
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Great idea, Will, to file all these notes onto their own thread.

I've got 20 poems, BTW; but I reserve the right to bump any of them for
another one.

A Certain Music
Decima for Decima
Frayed Page Soaked in Rain
Ganesha Girl on Rankin
Honeytrip Sestina

Karma Bombs
Looked All Over
Nightmare Tears
Saint Augustine Blues #6
Sky Song

Silver Glassy Rain
Smoke Beast Growing
Stoneman the Cat
Tired of Waiting
To the Sea Angel

Truckstop Woman
Twilight Girl
Watermelon Moon
When the Mill Shut Down
Winterworld Descending

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An update, this chapbook will soon be available

:)

Will Dockery

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Apr 10, 2018, 10:15:59 PM4/10/18
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Act of Will: Selected poems by Will Dockery / Coming in 2018.

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/357684395398348563/

Advance orders accepted...

:)

Will Dockery

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Apr 19, 2018, 4:16:44 AM4/19/18
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Coming soon...

:)

Will Dockery

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Jun 3, 2018, 8:43:36 PM6/3/18
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> Act of Will: Selected poems by Will Dockery / Coming in 2018.

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/357684395398348563/

> Featuring these poems from all stages of the life and times of Will
> Dockery
> of Shadowville U.S.A.
>
> > A Certain Music
> > Apple Montage
> > At the Taco Stand
> > Frayed Page Soaked in Rain
> > Ganesha Girl on Rankin
> > Karma Bombs
> > Nightmare Tears
> > Sky Song
> > Stoneman the Cat
> > Tired of Waiting
> > To the Sea Angel
> > Truckstop Woman
> > Twilight Girl
> > Watermelon Moon
> > Winterworld Descending
>
> And other poems from 1974-2018

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/357684395398348563/

> Act of Will: Selected poems by Will Dockery / Coming in 2018.
> Edited and Published by George J. Dance

I've got 20 poems, BTW; but I reserve the right to bump any of them for
another one.

A Certain Music
Decima for Decima
Frayed Page Soaked in Rain
Ganesha Girl on Rankin
Honeytrip Sestina

Karma Bombs
Looked All Over
Nightmare Tears
Saint Augustine Blues #6
Sky Song

Silver Glassy Rain
Smoke Beast Growing
Stoneman the Cat
Tired of Waiting
To the Sea Angel

Truckstop Woman
Twilight Girl
Watermelon Moon
When the Mill Shut Down
Winterworld Descending

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About time to get rolling with the book, George... late Fall 2018 release
date, perhaps?

Will Dockery

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Oct 19, 2018, 11:11:55 AM10/19/18
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I don't know yet what to make of all of it... which is why I say post the
links so we can all see and decide for ourselves.

Will Dockery

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Oct 19, 2018, 12:25:48 PM10/19/18
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"George J. Dance" wrote in message
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> > Great idea, Will, to file all these notes onto their own thread.
> >
> > I've got 20 poems, BTW; but I reserve the right to bump any of them for
> > another one.
> >
> > A Certain Music
> > Decima for Decima
> > Frayed Page Soaked in Rain
> > Ganesha Girl on Rankin
> > Honeytrip Sestina
> >
> > Karma Bombs
> > Looked All Over
> > Nightmare Tears
> > Saint Augustine Blues #6
> > Sky Song
> >
> > Silver Glassy Rain
> > Smoke Beast Growing
> > Stoneman the Cat
> > Tired of Waiting
> > To the Sea Angel
> >
> > Truckstop Woman
> > Twilight Girl
> > Watermelon Moon
> > When the Mill Shut Down
> > Winterworld Descending
>
> You're going to be self-publishing a new book.

Indeed, indeed...

:)

Will Dockery

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Nov 2, 2018, 1:53:30 PM11/2/18
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An update, this chapbook will soon be available... soon, but probably not
until at least sometime in 2019...

:)

Will Dockery

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Nov 7, 2018, 12:47:20 PM11/7/18
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ME wrote:
>
> PJR, has will always had this obsession with you?
>
> Maybe that's why he's always claiming everyone is obsessed with him. He
> needs someone to feel the same thing for him, that he feels for you.

You stalked me over here from Columbus Topix Forums, post about nothing but
me here, in fact are doing just that, now.

I don' have to "feel" your obsession, you prove it day after day here, for
me, "Me".

:)

Will Dockery

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Feb 15, 2019, 1:29:53 PM2/15/19
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"George J. Dance" wrote in message
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On Wednesday, February 7, 2018 at 12:20:19 AM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
Great idea, Will, to file all these notes onto their own thread.

I've got 20 poems, BTW; but I reserve the right to bump any of them for
another one.

A Certain Music
Decima for Decima
Frayed Page Soaked in Rain
Ganesha Girl on Rankin
Honeytrip Sestina

Karma Bombs
Looked All Over
Nightmare Tears
Saint Augustine Blues #6
Sky Song

Silver Glassy Rain
Smoke Beast Growing
Stoneman the Cat
Tired of Waiting
To the Sea Angel

Truckstop Woman
Twilight Girl
Watermelon Moon
When the Mill Shut Down
Winterworld Descending

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Okay now, I swear I will get on the ball and finish my end of this book
deal... this year for sure!

:)

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