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Will Dockery
Dec 22, 2017, 1:06:26 PM12/22/17
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"driveby" wrote in message
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On Friday, December 22, 2017 at 11:20:42 AM UTC-5, michaelmalef...@gmail.com
wrote:
> On Friday, December 22, 2017 at 11:13:51 AM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
> > Modern Memory
> >
> > In the morning
> > in the moment
> > all the rage
> > fight back with passion
> > fucking the hookers
> > was a fuck you to her
> > and those caught in
> > friendly fire
> > that burns cold and dark
> > in modern times.
> >
> > -Will Dockery
>
> No note about this one being based on real-life?
blurred realities...
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Cuttingly precise poem, I feel, but I'm biased of course.
:)
Will Dockery
Dec 22, 2017, 1:55:43 PM12/22/17
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Pendragon wrote in message
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Most folks already know that about my poetry, don't they?
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> On Friday, December 22, 2017 at 11:13:51 AM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
>
> Modern Memory
>
> In the morning
> in the moment
> all the rage
> fight back with passion
> fucking the hookers
> was a fuck you to her
> and those caught in
> friendly fire
> that burns cold and dark
> in modern times.
>
> -Will Dockery
No note about this one being based on real-life?
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>
> Modern Memory
>
> In the morning
> in the moment
> all the rage
> fight back with passion
> fucking the hookers
> was a fuck you to her
> and those caught in
> friendly fire
> that burns cold and dark
> in modern times.
>
> -Will Dockery
No note about this one being based on real-life?
Most folks already know that about my poetry, don't they?
Will Dockery
Dec 22, 2017, 11:01:16 PM12/22/17
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Pendragon wrote in message
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On Friday, December 22, 2017 at 6:25:33 PM UTC-5, Brooke wrote:
> On Friday, December 22, 2017 at 11:32:13 AM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
> > No, I prefer doing business with free agents.
> >
> > 💋
>
> I believe Will just blew you a kiss, Michael. Maybe he considers you a
> free agent.
>
He gets that way after his sixteenth cup of coffee.
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Just a graphic feature of the mobile gizmo I use when out rushing on my
deliveries.
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On Friday, December 22, 2017 at 6:25:33 PM UTC-5, Brooke wrote:
> On Friday, December 22, 2017 at 11:32:13 AM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
> > No, I prefer doing business with free agents.
> >
> > 💋
>
> I believe Will just blew you a kiss, Michael. Maybe he considers you a
> free agent.
>
He gets that way after his sixteenth cup of coffee.
-------------------------------------------------------------
Just a graphic feature of the mobile gizmo I use when out rushing on my
deliveries.
Will Dockery
Dec 23, 2017, 9:37:16 PM12/23/17
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Pendragon wrote in message
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On Friday, December 22, 2017 at 11:24:25 AM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
> Pure fiction here.
>
> 😀
Your pimp called. He said you owe his lady 200 "roses."
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Most of the girls I have visited at the kissing booth have been free agents,
strayed from or otherwise offed the pimp.
Three's a crowd in "The Favorite Game", as Leonard Cohen called it.
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On Friday, December 22, 2017 at 11:24:25 AM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
> Pure fiction here.
>
> 😀
Your pimp called. He said you owe his lady 200 "roses."
--------------------------------------------------------------
Most of the girls I have visited at the kissing booth have been free agents,
strayed from or otherwise offed the pimp.
Three's a crowd in "The Favorite Game", as Leonard Cohen called it.
Will Dockery
Mar 17, 2018, 12:31:56 AM3/17/18
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Leonard Cohen - Darkness
>
> https://youtu.be/i-TsAaEeE-w
One of the greatest, and never stopped working, right to the last day he was
writing a new set of poems and songs.
Last night I saw a friend who I haven't seen in a little while gave me a
late Christmas present, one of the coolest little books I've ever owned:
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http://www.leonardcohenforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=22935
New book: Poems and Songs - Everyman's Library Pocket Poets
:)
Will Dockery
Apr 10, 2018, 10:30:33 PM4/10/18
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Will Dockery
Jun 3, 2018, 7:32:31 PM6/3/18
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"driveby" wrote in message
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news:e65bd621-92a2-4082...@googlegroups.com...
> Will Dockery wrote:
>
> > Modern Memory
> >
> > In the morning
> > in the moment
> > all the rage
> > fight back with passion
> > fucking the hookers
> > was a fuck you to her
> > and those caught in
> > friendly fire
> > that burns cold and dark
> > in modern times.
> >
> > -Will Dockery
>
> blurred realities...
>
> > Modern Memory
> >
> > In the morning
> > in the moment
> > all the rage
> > fight back with passion
> > fucking the hookers
> > was a fuck you to her
> > and those caught in
> > friendly fire
> > that burns cold and dark
> > in modern times.
> >
> > -Will Dockery
>
Twenty year old memories can be like that sometimes...
Will Dockery
Jun 8, 2018, 2:40:50 PM6/8/18
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"Me", this was a new poem, written and posted here just last year, 2017...
Will Dockery
Oct 28, 2018, 3:55:30 PM10/28/18
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Pe3ndragon wrote in message
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"confessional poetry" is often (not always) a common element in this type of
poetry.
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> Will Dockery wrote:
>
> Modern Memory
>
> In the morning
> in the moment
> all the rage
> fight back with passion
> fucking the hookers
> was a fuck you to her
> and those caught in
> friendly fire
> that burns cold and dark
> in modern times.
>
> -Will Dockery
>
>
> Modern Memory
>
> In the morning
> in the moment
> all the rage
> fight back with passion
> fucking the hookers
> was a fuck you to her
> and those caught in
> friendly fire
> that burns cold and dark
> in modern times.
>
> -Will Dockery
>
> No note about this one being based on real-life?
Look up a modern poet such as John Berryman, Pen, and you'll find that
"confessional poetry" is often (not always) a common element in this type of
poetry.
Will Dockery
Feb 15, 2019, 1:38:28 PM2/15/19
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"George J. Dance" wrote in message
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>
> And you caught this earlier today?
>
> George J. Dance wrote:
> > Will Dockery wrote:
> >
> > > Act of Will: Selected poems by Will Dockery / Coming in the near
> > > future.
> > >
> > > https://www.pinterest.com/pin/357684395398348563/
> > >
> > > Featuring these poems from all stages of the life and times of Will
> > > Dockery
>
> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.arts.poetry.comments/IzkS40kBssc/TfJpx_mLBwAJ
>
> Signposts on the Outskirts / Will Dockery (Ping: George Dance)
>
> Ping: George Dance...
>
> I'd say let's include this one in Selected Poems as a good example of some
> of my earliest, 1976, poetry.
>
> I'll mention this elsewhere in case of if you don't catch this message...
>
> If it isn't already on the list and I forgot about it.
>
Yes, I added it. Here's the lists as of today:
Selected poems
Poem for Kathy (dedication) v
Will's 20
Apple Montage v
At the Taco Stand v
Behind the Forest 1999 v
Deep Blue Sassafras 2018 v
Life during Reconstruction 2017 v
Looking over the Bridge (Built in 1936) 1999 v
Mari in 1982 v
Ragpicker Joe v
The Ride (Combat Zone)
Signposts from the Outskirts 1976 v
Sunglass 2003 v
Tuesday with Little Spain v
Wave, 1999 v
My 20
A Certain Music v
Frayed Page Soaked in Rain v
Ganesha Girl on Rankin v
A Green Glow at Midnight 2017 v
Honeytrip 2008 v
Karma Bombs v
Looked All Over, 1983
Nightmare Tears
Pops v
Saint Augustine Blues #6
Self Portrait 2002 v
Silver Glassy Rain 1997 v
Sky Song v
Smoke Beast Growing
Stoneman the Cat
Tired of Waiting
To the Sea Angel, 1997 v
Twilight Girl v
Watermelon Moon 1976 v
Winterworld Descending v
Filler
Decima for Decima v
Modern Memory v
River Haiku v
When the Mill Shut Down v
Winter Heat (2017) v
Haiku You
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Thanks again George, I will sit myself down and get my side of the book
sorted out very soon, I swear...
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> Will Dockery wrote:
> >
> > > Modern Memory
> > >
> > > In the morning
> > > in the moment
> > > all the rage
> > > fight back with passion
> > > fucking the hookers
> > > was a fuck you to her
> > > and those caught in
> > > friendly fire
> > > that burns cold and dark
> > > in modern times.
> > >
> > > -Will Dockery
> >
> > I've put this on the "filler" list of AoW.
> >
> > > Modern Memory
> > >
> > > In the morning
> > > in the moment
> > > all the rage
> > > fight back with passion
> > > fucking the hookers
> > > was a fuck you to her
> > > and those caught in
> > > friendly fire
> > > that burns cold and dark
> > > in modern times.
> > >
> > > -Will Dockery
> >
>
> And you caught this earlier today?
>
> George J. Dance wrote:
> > Will Dockery wrote:
> >
> > > Act of Will: Selected poems by Will Dockery / Coming in the near
> > > future.
> > >
> > > https://www.pinterest.com/pin/357684395398348563/
> > >
> > > Featuring these poems from all stages of the life and times of Will
> > > Dockery
>
> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.arts.poetry.comments/IzkS40kBssc/TfJpx_mLBwAJ
>
> Signposts on the Outskirts / Will Dockery (Ping: George Dance)
>
> Ping: George Dance...
>
> I'd say let's include this one in Selected Poems as a good example of some
> of my earliest, 1976, poetry.
>
> I'll mention this elsewhere in case of if you don't catch this message...
>
> If it isn't already on the list and I forgot about it.
>
Yes, I added it. Here's the lists as of today:
Selected poems
Poem for Kathy (dedication) v
Will's 20
Apple Montage v
At the Taco Stand v
Behind the Forest 1999 v
Deep Blue Sassafras 2018 v
Life during Reconstruction 2017 v
Looking over the Bridge (Built in 1936) 1999 v
Mari in 1982 v
Ragpicker Joe v
The Ride (Combat Zone)
Signposts from the Outskirts 1976 v
Sunglass 2003 v
Tuesday with Little Spain v
Wave, 1999 v
My 20
A Certain Music v
Frayed Page Soaked in Rain v
Ganesha Girl on Rankin v
A Green Glow at Midnight 2017 v
Honeytrip 2008 v
Karma Bombs v
Looked All Over, 1983
Nightmare Tears
Pops v
Saint Augustine Blues #6
Self Portrait 2002 v
Silver Glassy Rain 1997 v
Sky Song v
Smoke Beast Growing
Stoneman the Cat
Tired of Waiting
To the Sea Angel, 1997 v
Twilight Girl v
Watermelon Moon 1976 v
Winterworld Descending v
Filler
Decima for Decima v
Modern Memory v
River Haiku v
When the Mill Shut Down v
Winter Heat (2017) v
Haiku You
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Thanks again George, I will sit myself down and get my side of the book
sorted out very soon, I swear...
Will Dockery
Apr 18, 2019, 4:11:47 PM4/18/19
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Pendragon wrote in message
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> Will Dockery wrote:
>
> Modern Memory
>
> In the morning
> in the moment
> all the rage
> fight back with passion
> fucking the hookers
> was a fuck you to her
> and those caught in
> friendly fire
> that burns cold and dark
> in modern times.
>
> -Will Dockery
>
> Modern Memory
>
> In the morning
> in the moment
> all the rage
> fight back with passion
> fucking the hookers
> was a fuck you to her
> and those caught in
> friendly fire
> that burns cold and dark
> in modern times.
>
> -Will Dockery
> No note about this one being based on real-life?
I left the poem up for the interpretation of the individual readers.
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