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From: will.dockery@gmail.com (W.Dockery)
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Subject: Re: Star Child Memory / Will Dockery
Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2025 14:48:20 +0000
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General-Zod wrote:
> Will Dockery wrote:
>> Faraway Star wrote:
>
>>> Will Dockery wrote:
>>>> Faraway Star 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
>>>>>> > Outdamnedstanding wordplay..!!
>>>>>> Thanks again for reading and commenting.
>
>>>>> Hello there, being the poetry lover that I am.... I enjoyed it
>>>>> greatly...!
>
>>>> Thanks again for the nod.
>
>>> Yo...!
>
>>> Good DAY...!
>
>
>> Good morning again my friend.
>
>> 🙂
>
> Yo
>
>
> Good day to you...!

Good morning again Zod, and welcome back.

😏