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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: will.dockery@gmail.com (W.Dockery) Newsgroups: alt.arts.poetry.comments,rec.arts.poems Subject: Re: NastyGoon lifts a line Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2025 10:21:34 +0000 Organization: novaBBS Message-ID: <4327d1dbbf197b6a2f48f0ff2cb2dcda@www.novabbs.com> References: <19ccab6d6c797f37b045a0b333ec1a6e@www.novabbs.com> <6206c6fd0c01879e5130d892e2f827b6@www.novabbs.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="1385717"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="Vf9CM7g99yqfGvzEHTw0bhrjcIfvzYBBhUuRma0rLuQ"; User-Agent: Rocksolid Light X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 X-Rslight-Site: $2y$10$gm6a/A.En1BYYp29Axokoe/LnaGocoZXO1w7sHN/YuAKLrT8MbwiK X-Rslight-Posting-User: acd0b3e3614eaa6f47211734e4cbca3bfd42bebc Bytes: 2751 Lines: 46 On Sun, 23 Feb 2025 6:42:12 +0000, George J. Dance wrote: > On Sun, 23 Feb 2025 6:07:30 +0000, Will Dockery wrote: > >> On Fri, 7 Feb 2025 0:04:15 +0000, George J. Dance wrote: >> >>> https://www.novabbs.com/arts/article.php?id=255731&group=alt.arts.poetry.comments >>> On Mon, 3 Feb 2025 16:15:27 +0000, Michael Monkey Peabrain (MPP) aka >>> "HarryLime" wrote: >>> >>>> I realized from the content of NancyGene's posts that they were >>>> intelligent, well-educated, and better written than anyone here. >>>> Naturally, I asked them to start contributing to the "Sampler." And I >>>> was right in doing so. >>>> >>>> Here are the opening lines of NancyGene's latest poem: >>>> >>>> "Yesterdays stack up like piles of read newspapers, >>>> Cluttering my mind and obstructing my day." >>>> >>>> That's poetry of the highest quality. >>> >>> The opening line is very good. It's almost as good as the opening line >>> of Robert Creeleys poem, "The Days Pile Up": >>> >>> "The days pile up like unread newspapers," >>> >>> I do hope "Dr." NastyGoon credited Mr. Creeley; otherwise that would be >>> something they would call, you know -- "plagiarism". >> >> Another revisit, clearly showing George Dance made no accusations, just >> an observation. > > I can't see how it could be any clearer. Maybe if I'd used NG's name > twice: > > "I do hope 'Dr.' NastyGoon credited Mr. Creeley; otherwise that would be > something NG] would call, you know -- 'plagiarism'." Agreed I understood it instantly, yet they try to sneer as if they're some kind of higher intelligence. > Lying Michael was lying again. It's what he does, like breathing is for the rest of us. 😏