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Will Dockery
Feb 4, 2018, 10:44:49 PM2/4/18
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> To the Sea Angel
>
> Riptide waves,
> there goes the sea angel,
> right above the waves.
>
> These mystery years,
> where would I be without them?
> What if I'd stayed happy?
>
> Years lost,
> these last few I've played catch up,
> drifting from the shore.
>
> Barnacles on an olive shell,
> brain choral in my mind.
>
> Instrumental tune,
> made by the incoming waves.
>
> I tossed a starfish back in,
> watched it twirl away,
> and thought of you.
>
> -Will Dockery
George, I think I've decided on this art for the cover of the "Selected
Poems" volume, and perhaps save the other piece for the other poetry
collection we are working on.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Will.Dockery.Selected.Poems.jpg
I have posted it on the downloadable Wikimedia, so you can tinker with title
fonts and so on.
Planning to do some try out copies tonight, using different fonts, and I
like your title, by the way...
>
> Riptide waves,
> there goes the sea angel,
> right above the waves.
>
> These mystery years,
> where would I be without them?
> What if I'd stayed happy?
>
> Years lost,
> these last few I've played catch up,
> drifting from the shore.
>
> Barnacles on an olive shell,
> brain choral in my mind.
>
> Instrumental tune,
> made by the incoming waves.
>
> I tossed a starfish back in,
> watched it twirl away,
> and thought of you.
>
> -Will Dockery
George, I think I've decided on this art for the cover of the "Selected
Poems" volume, and perhaps save the other piece for the other poetry
collection we are working on.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Will.Dockery.Selected.Poems.jpg
I have posted it on the downloadable Wikimedia, so you can tinker with title
fonts and so on.
Planning to do some try out copies tonight, using different fonts, and I
like your title, by the way...
Will Dockery
Feb 6, 2018, 9:45:02 PM2/6/18
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On Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at 8:57:42 AM UTC-5, George J. Dance wrote:
> On Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at 8:36:02 AM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
>
> > > Once we've got the list in place (though it won't be in granite till
> > > the end). ACM, for example, we've agreed is a good ending. You've
> > > suggested "Green Ringlets" and "Looked all Over" (2 which I plan to
> > > read today) as beginning. That's the story idea I plan to start with.
> >
> > Those two were for the "Earlier Poems" collection, both having been
> > written in 1982-83.
> >
> > Which brings up the question of repetition, poems in both collections or
> > exclude the ones that go into "Selected Poems"?
> >
>
> Oh, yes, I'd say a poem can be in both. Not a lot, but I'd expect a
> representative sample, 5-10.
>
> > > Another thing to look at then is the overall selection. Since we're
> > > dealing with 40 years of poems, one a year would be nice, but I don't
> > > expect it. I would like to take a look at the years later, and if
> > > there's say a period of years left unrepresented, then pull a poem
> > > from an over-represented period and substitute one from that time.
> > >
> > > I've got 10 more poems to find, first, though.
> >
> > You've chosen quite a few already, 6-8 poems?
>
> 13. Here's today's lits (not in book order):
>
> A Certain Music
> 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
Excellent choices, and here's the basic idea of a cover, in simple shadowy
back and white:
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/357684395398348563/
Act of Will: Selected poems by Will Dockery / Coming in 2018.
In face, might as well begin some promos for this volume and build some buzz
if possible...
> On Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at 8:36:02 AM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
>
> > > Once we've got the list in place (though it won't be in granite till
> > > the end). ACM, for example, we've agreed is a good ending. You've
> > > suggested "Green Ringlets" and "Looked all Over" (2 which I plan to
> > > read today) as beginning. That's the story idea I plan to start with.
> >
> > Those two were for the "Earlier Poems" collection, both having been
> > written in 1982-83.
> >
> > Which brings up the question of repetition, poems in both collections or
> > exclude the ones that go into "Selected Poems"?
> >
>
> Oh, yes, I'd say a poem can be in both. Not a lot, but I'd expect a
> representative sample, 5-10.
>
> > > Another thing to look at then is the overall selection. Since we're
> > > dealing with 40 years of poems, one a year would be nice, but I don't
> > > expect it. I would like to take a look at the years later, and if
> > > there's say a period of years left unrepresented, then pull a poem
> > > from an over-represented period and substitute one from that time.
> > >
> > > I've got 10 more poems to find, first, though.
> >
> > You've chosen quite a few already, 6-8 poems?
>
> 13. Here's today's lits (not in book order):
>
> A Certain Music
> 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
Excellent choices, and here's the basic idea of a cover, in simple shadowy
back and white:
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/357684395398348563/
Act of Will: Selected poems by Will Dockery / Coming in 2018.
In face, might as well begin some promos for this volume and build some buzz
if possible...
Will Dockery
Feb 6, 2018, 10:36:34 PM2/6/18
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Something like this:
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.
> A Certain Music
> 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
Act of Will: Selected poems by Will Dockery / Coming in 2018.
Featuring these poems from all stages of the life and times of Will Dockery.
> A Certain Music
> 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
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/357684395398348563/
Act of Will: Selected poems by Will Dockery / Coming in 2018.
Will Dockery
Feb 9, 2019, 1:50:56 AM2/9/19
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> To the Sea Angel
>
> Riptide waves,
> there goes the sea angel,
> right above the waves.
>
> These mystery years,
> where would I be without them?
> What if I'd stayed happy?
>
> Years lost,
> these last few I've played catch up,
> drifting from the shore.
>
> Barnacles on an olive shell,
> brain choral in my mind.
>
> Instrumental tune,
> made by the incoming waves.
>
> I tossed a starfish back in,
> watched it twirl away,
> and thought of you.
>
> -Will Dockery
George, I think I've decided on this art for the cover of the "Selected
Poems" volume, and perhaps save the other piece for the other poetry
collection we are working on.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Will.Dockery.Selected.Poems.jpg
I have posted it on the downloadable Wikimedia, so you can tinker with title
fonts and so on.
---------------------------------------------
>
> Riptide waves,
> there goes the sea angel,
> right above the waves.
>
> These mystery years,
> where would I be without them?
> What if I'd stayed happy?
>
> Years lost,
> these last few I've played catch up,
> drifting from the shore.
>
> Barnacles on an olive shell,
> brain choral in my mind.
>
> Instrumental tune,
> made by the incoming waves.
>
> I tossed a starfish back in,
> watched it twirl away,
> and thought of you.
>
> -Will Dockery
George, I think I've decided on this art for the cover of the "Selected
Poems" volume, and perhaps save the other piece for the other poetry
collection we are working on.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Will.Dockery.Selected.Poems.jpg
I have posted it on the downloadable Wikimedia, so you can tinker with title
fonts and so on.
Found in my drafts... the cover of the new book!
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