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From: will.dockery@gmail.com (W.Dockery)
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Subject: Re: "The candle a Saint"
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2025 22:27:51 +0000
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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?

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