On Fri, 27 Jun 2025 20:12:18 +0000, NancyGene wrote:

HarryLime wrote:

Will Dockery wrote:

Star Child Memory

Snapshot of a moment
an outdoor poetry reading
in early Spring 1996.
Glimmering stars
and looming moon
through the gloom.

Passing through
in that cavern
of concrete, glass and brick
off Broadway.
I join the poetry reading
already in progress.

There's a hush in the air
as we approach.
Star Child and her friends
standing with me
on the sidewalk.

Glimmering stars above us
Springtime
constellations.
Poets sit in a circle
in the alley
behind Bazaar Earth.

In those early days
so late in the game.

But I couldn't remain
back then
I had to keep on moving.
I told them they couldn't get
high enough
to float with me.

Star Child twinkled and tweaked
skipping by me
in that spangled night.
Stopping at the parking meter
waving goodbye.

-Will Dockery

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Original text restored.

(Moved from the vandalized troll thread)

Great picture

Thanks.

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HarryLime wrote:

Will Dockery wrote:

I deleted your vandalism and restored the original text:

No

Yes:

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Star Child Memory

Snapshot of a moment
an outdoor poetry reading
in early Spring 1996.
Glimmering stars
and looming moon
through the gloom.

Passing through
in that cavern
of concrete, glass and brick
off Broadway.
I join the poetry reading
already in progress.

There's a hush in the air
as we approach.
Star Child and her friends
standing with me
on the sidewalk.

Glimmering stars above us
Springtime
constellations.
Poets sit in a circle
in the alley
behind Bazaar Earth.

In those early days
so late in the game.

But I couldn't remain
back then
I had to keep on moving.
I told them they couldn't get
high enough
to float with me.

Star Child twinkled and tweaked
skipping by me
in that spangled night.
Stopping at the parking meter
waving goodbye.

-Will Dockery

***
Original text restored, vandalized thread corrected.)

HTH and HAND.

🙂

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Star Child Memory

Snapshot of a moment
an outdoor poetry reading
in early Spring 1996.
Glimmering stars
and looming moon
through the gloom.

Passing through
in that cavern
of concrete, glass and brick
off Broadway.
I join the poetry reading
already in progress.

There's a hush in the air
as we approach.
Star Child and her friends
standing with me
on the sidewalk.

Glimmering stars above us
Springtime
constellations.
Poets sit in a circle
in the alley
behind Bazaar Earth.

In those early days
so late in the game.

But I couldn't remain
back then
I had to keep on moving.
I told them they couldn't get
high enough
to float with me.

Star Child twinkled and tweaked
skipping by me
in that spangled night.
Stopping at the parking meter
waving goodbye.

-Will Dockery

***

(Original text restored, troll vandalism corrected.)

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NancyGene wrote:

Will-Dockery wrote:

Star Child Memory

Snapshot of a moment
an outdoor poetry reading
in early Spring 1996.
Glimmering stars
and looming moon
through the gloom.

Passing through
in that cavern
of concrete, glass and brick
off Broadway.
I join the poetry reading
already in progress.

There's a hush in the air
as we approach.
Star Child and her friends
standing with me
on the sidewalk.

Glimmering stars above us
Springtime
constellations.
Poets sit in a circle
in the alley
behind Bazaar Earth.

In those early days
so late in the game.

But I couldn't remain
back then
I had to keep on moving.
I told them they couldn't get
high enough
to float with me.

Star Child twinkled and tweaked
skipping by me
in that spangled night.
Stopping at the parking meter
waving goodbye.

-Will Dockery

--------------------------------------------
Original text restored.

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Sorry, I don't take advice from malicious scumbag trolls like you, NancyGene.

HTH and HAND.

🙂

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mpsilvertone@yahoo-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (HarryLime) posted:

Will Dockery wrote:

Star Child Memory

Snapshot of a moment
an outdoor poetry reading
in early Spring 1996.
Glimmering stars
and looming moon
through the gloom.

Passing through
in that cavern
of concrete, glass and brick
off Broadway.
I join the poetry reading
already in progress.

There's a hush in the air
as we approach.
Star Child and her friends
standing with me
on the sidewalk.

Glimmering stars above us
Springtime
constellations.
Poets sit in a circle
in the alley
behind Bazaar Earth.

In those early days
so late in the game.

But I couldn't remain
back then
I had to keep on moving.
I told them they couldn't get
high enough
to float with me.

Star Child twinkled and tweaked
skipping by me
in that spangled night.
Stopping at the parking meter
waving goodbye.

-Will Dockery

--------------------------------------------
Original text restored.

Nor has anything been vandalized.

Yes, my poem was post-edited, vandalized.

The original text has been restored.

HTH and HAND.

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doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) posted:

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In article <1752940143-3274@newsgrouper.org>,
Will Dockery <user3274@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

Rudy Canoza <rudy.can@jllkone.not> posted:

Will Dockery wrote:

pic that you accidentally deleted?

Here it is:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dockery_and_Chuck.jpg >

Photoshopped image ^^^

Original photograph:

https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Will_Dockery_Jocelyn_Lannom.jpg

YAK!

There you go, lying again< Rudy

Here's the original that photoshop job was made from:

https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Will_Dockery_Jocelyn_Lannom.jpg

^^^

HTH and HAND.

🙂

See Rudy off of poetry.

As obsessed as Rude obviously is, he'll probably keep sniffing behind you.

Original text restored:

Star Child Memory

Snapshot of a moment
an outdoor poetry reading
in early Spring 1996.
Glimmering stars
and looming moon
through the gloom.

Passing through
in that cavern
of concrete, glass and brick
off Broadway.
I join the poetry reading
already in progress.

There's a hush in the air
as we approach.
Star Child and her friends
standing with me
on the sidewalk.

Glimmering stars above us
Springtime
constellations.
Poets sit in a circle
in the alley
behind Bazaar Earth.

In those early days
so late in the game.

But I couldn't remain
back then
I had to keep on moving.
I told them they couldn't get
high enough
to float with me.

Star Child twinkled and tweaked
skipping by me
in that spangled night.
Stopping at the parking meter
waving goodbye.

-Will Dockery

--------------------------------
(Original text restored.)

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