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From: Jdchase310@gmail.com (Jordy)
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Subject: Re: "The candle a Saint"
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2025 10:38:35 +0000
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On Wed, 12 Feb 2025 14:53:11 +0000, W.Dockery wrote:

> On Wed, 12 Feb 2025 5:25:20 +0000, Jordy wrote:
>
>> Will Dockery wrote:
>>> Jordy C wrote:
>>
>>>>>> Will Dockery wrote:
>>>>>>> Jordy C wrote:
>>>>>>>> Will Dockery wrote:
>>>>>>>> > Jordy wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > “Green is the night, green kindled and
>>>>>>>> apparelled
>>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It is she that walks among astronomers
>>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
>>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > She strides above the rabbit and the
>>>>>>>> cat,
>>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Like a noble figure, out of the sky
>>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
>>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Moving among the sleepers, the men,
>>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Those that lie chanting ‘green is the
>>>>>>>> night’
>>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
>>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Green is the night and out of madness
>>>>>>>> woven,
>>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The self same madness of the astronomers
>>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
>>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > And of him that sees, beyond the
>>>>>>>> astronomers,
>>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The topaz rabbit and the emerald cat,
>>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
>>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > That sees above them, that sees rise
>>>>>>>> above them,
>>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The noble figure, the essential shadow
>>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
>>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Moving and being, the image at its
>>>>>>>> source,
>>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The absurd, the archaic queen. Green is
>>>>>>>> the night”
>>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
>>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -Wallace Stevens
>>>>>>>> > > > >
>>>>>>>> > > > > I don’t understand the “point” or “message” of the poem of the
>>>>>>>> poem, if there is one, but I love and enjoy and appreciate the imagery
>>>>>>>> in the poem!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> > > > Good morning, Jordy, another favorite Wallace Stevens poem
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> > > hi there, Will
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> > Great to see you again today my friend.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Shalom Will
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hello there my friend.
>>>>>>      bonjour, Will
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello Jordy, I haven't seen you post in a while, hope you're doing okay?
>>>>>
>>>>> 🙏
>>>>       Doing ok, thanks Will, hope that you are too!
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>
>>> Hello Jordy, great to hear that.
>>>
>>> 😏
>>       Hola Mr Will
>>
>> --
>
> Great to hear from you again my friend.
       Shalom Will

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