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From: will.dockery@gmail.com (W.Dockery)
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Subject: Re: "The candle a Saint"
Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2025 01:47:50 +0000
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On Thu, 6 Feb 2025 23:10:36 +0000, Jordy wrote:

> On Thu, 6 Feb 2025 22:27:47 +0000, 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.

😏