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From: will.dockery@gmail.com (W.Dockery)
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Subject: Re: "The candle a Saint"
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2025 21:53:07 +0000
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On Sun, 16 Feb 2025 17:38:43 +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
>>>
>>> --
>>
>> Good afternoon again Jordy.
>>
>
>          Bonjour Will
>
> --

Great to see you today my friend.

😏