• Re: Usenet's Greatest Poet / gjd

    From Robert Burrows@21:1/5 to George J. Dance on Thu Jun 2 04:38:11 2022
    On Thursday, June 2, 2022 at 7:36:35 AM UTC-4, George J. Dance wrote:
    Guess Who?

    I'm usenet's greatest poet,
    At least that's what they say.
    The Village People love my work
    And I'm not even gay.

    The most prolific poet
    The internet has known,
    I've written fifty thousand poems
    In the past week alone.

    I sit at my computer
    And dream of South and North,
    And just like vomit from a drunk
    The poems come gushing forth.

    It's sometimes hard to type them,
    They all come out so fast,
    And some of them are really long
    While some are just half-vast.

    I've never learned poetics;
    I know that I don't need 'em
    Because I simply write the poems;
    Let other people read 'em.

    Oh once Bob Dylan phoned me
    But didn't praise my work
    So I hung up on him. He's just

    A pissbum and a jerk.

    I know he's simply jealous,
    Like all those guys, of me.
    That's why they bury all my stuff;
    It's a conspiracy.

    I know I could be published
    And everyone would buy,
    But knowing the conspiracy
    Why would I even try?

    So I just stay on usenet
    Where true success depends,
    Not on your money, or your fame,
    But on your online friends.

    I'm friends with half a dozen
    True poets just like me.
    (Sometimes we write, sometimes we fight
    With the conspiracy.)

    They say my poems are perfect,
    And all I have to do
    Is thank all six, and tell them all
    Their poems are perfect, too.

    ~~
    GJD

    A silly old fool named Dance
    Once again pulled down his pants
    No one expressed any shock
    At the smallness of his cock

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  • From George J. Dance@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jun 2 07:36:33 2022
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    Guess Who?

    I'm usenet's greatest poet,
    At least that's what they say.
    The Village People love my work
    And I'm not even gay.

    The most prolific poet
    The internet has known,
    I've written fifty thousand poems
    In the past week alone.

    I sit at my computer
    And dream of South and North,
    And just like vomit from a drunk
    The poems come gushing forth.

    It's sometimes hard to type them,
    They all come out so fast,
    And some of them are really long
    While some are just half-vast.

    I've never learned poetics;
    I know that I don't need 'em
    Because I simply write the poems;
    Let other people read 'em.

    Oh once Bob Dylan phoned me
    But didn't praise my work
    So I hung up on him. He's just
    A pissbum and a jerk.

    I know he's simply jealous,
    Like all those guys, of me.
    That's why they bury all my stuff;
    It's a conspiracy.

    I know I could be published
    And everyone would buy,
    But knowing the conspiracy
    Why would I even try?

    So I just stay on usenet
    Where true success depends,
    Not on your money, or your fame,
    But on your online friends.

    I'm friends with half a dozen
    True poets just like me.
    (Sometimes we write, sometimes we fight
    With the conspiracy.)

    They say my poems are perfect,
    And all I have to do
    Is thank all six, and tell them all
    Their poems are perfect, too.

    ~~
    GJD

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  • From Zod@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jun 4 19:01:10 2022
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    On Saturday, June 4, 2022 at 12:29:01 PM UTC-4, HC wrote:

    I don’t wish you any harm

    I do not wish you any harm either, Corey.....!

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  • From General-Zod@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jun 4 19:16:08 2022
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    On Saturday, June 4, 2022 at 3:14:23 PM UTC-4, HC wrote:
    On Saturday, June 4, 2022 at 3:05:14 PM UTC-4, Zod wrote:
    On Saturday, June 4, 2022 at 12:29:01 PM UTC-4, HC wrote:

    I don’t wish you any harm
    I do not wish you any harm either, Corey.....!
    Stop your harassment.

    Okay, I will not respond to your posts ever again, is that better...?

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  • From Zod@21:1/5 to george...@yahoo.ca on Sun Jun 5 21:22:42 2022
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    On Thursday, June 2, 2022 at 12:13:18 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
    On 2022-06-02 10:40 a.m., Michael Pendragon wrote:
    On Thursday, June 2, 2022 at 7:36:34 AM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:

    Guess Who?

    I'm usenet's greatest poet,
    At least that's what they say.
    The Village People love my work
    And I'm not even gay.

    The most prolific poet
    The internet has known,
    I've written fifty thousand poems
    In the past week alone.

    I sit at my computer
    And dream of South and North,
    And just like vomit from a drunk
    The poems come gushing forth.

    It's sometimes hard to type them,
    They all come out so fast,
    And some of them are really long
    While some are just half-vast.

    I've never learned poetics;
    I know that I don't need 'em
    Because I simply write the poems;
    Let other people read 'em.

    Oh once Bob Dylan phoned me
    But didn't praise my work
    So I hung up on him. He's just
    A pissbum and a jerk.

    I know he's simply jealous,
    Like all those guys, of me.
    That's why they bury all my stuff;
    It's a conspiracy.

    I know I could be published
    And everyone would buy,
    But knowing the conspiracy
    Why would I even try?

    So I just stay on usenet
    Where true success depends,
    Not on your money, or your fame,
    But on your online friends.

    I'm friends with half a dozen
    True poets just like me.
    (Sometimes we write, sometimes we fight
    With the conspiracy.)

    They say my poems are perfect,
    And all I have to do
    Is thank all six, and tell them all
    Their poems are perfect, too.

    ~~
    GJD

    The funny thing is that you seem to be describing Will Donkey in the above... except that Will hasn't got six friends.
    I'm glad you found a way to enjoy it. No names are mentioned, so a
    reader's free to apply it to whomever they think it fits.

    I could say more, but maybe later; it's noon already, and I have to get
    some work done.

    Hope you have time today....!

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  • From General-Zod@21:1/5 to George J. Dance on Mon Jun 6 22:17:35 2022
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    George J. Dance wrote:

    Guess Who?

    I'm usenet's greatest poet,
    At least that's what they say.
    The Village People love my work
    And I'm not even gay.

    The most prolific poet
    The internet has known,
    I've written fifty thousand poems
    In the past week alone.

    I sit at my computer
    And dream of South and North,
    And just like vomit from a drunk
    The poems come gushing forth.

    It's sometimes hard to type them,
    They all come out so fast,
    And some of them are really long
    While some are just half-vast.

    I've never learned poetics;
    I know that I don't need 'em
    Because I simply write the poems;
    Let other people read 'em.

    Oh once Bob Dylan phoned me
    But didn't praise my work
    So I hung up on him. He's just
    A pissbum and a jerk.

    I know he's simply jealous,
    Like all those guys, of me.
    That's why they bury all my stuff;
    It's a conspiracy.

    I know I could be published
    And everyone would buy,
    But knowing the conspiracy
    Why would I even try?

    So I just stay on usenet
    Where true success depends,
    Not on your money, or your fame,
    But on your online friends.

    I'm friends with half a dozen
    True poets just like me.
    (Sometimes we write, sometimes we fight
    With the conspiracy.)

    They say my poems are perfect,
    And all I have to do
    Is thank all six, and tell them all
    Their poems are perfect, too.

    ~~
    GJD

    Second read, quite excellent poetry....

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  • From George J. Dance@21:1/5 to General-Zod on Mon Jun 6 19:12:07 2022
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    On 2022-06-06 6:17 p.m., General-Zod wrote:
    George J. Dance wrote:

    Guess Who?

    I'm usenet's greatest poet,
       At least that's what they say.
    The Village People love my work
       And I'm not even gay.

    The most prolific poet
        The internet has known,
    I've written fifty thousand poems
        In the past week alone.

    I sit at my computer
        And dream of South and North,
    And just like vomit from a drunk
        The poems come gushing forth.

    It's sometimes hard to type them,
        They all come out so fast,
    And some of them are really long
        While some are just half-vast.

    I've never learned poetics;
        I know that I don't need 'em
    Because I simply write the poems;
        Let other people read 'em.

    Oh once Bob Dylan phoned me
        But didn't praise my work
    So I hung up on him. He's just
        A pissbum and a jerk.

    I know he's simply jealous,
        Like all those guys, of me.
    That's why they bury all my stuff;
        It's a conspiracy.

    I know I could be published
        And everyone would buy,
    But knowing the conspiracy
        Why would I even try?

    So I just stay on usenet
        Where true success depends,
    Not on your money, or your fame,
        But on your online friends.

    I'm friends with half a dozen
        True poets just like me.
    (Sometimes we write, sometimes we fight
        With the conspiracy.)

    They say my poems are perfect,
        And all I have to do
    Is thank all six, and tell them all
        Their poems are perfect, too.

    ~~
    GJD

    Second read, quite excellent poetry....

    Thanks, Zod. I appreciate your trying to get the thread back to the OP.

    Maybe "excellent" is to high praise, but I am happy with it. The meter's
    good, and it's one I've never used before. As for the content, it is
    satire, so it's meant to be humorous rather than profound, and I'd say
    it works there, too.

    It doesn't belong on the blog or wiki, but I do have a section of mainly
    satire on other poets in the /Doggerel/ book -- if I expand that section
    in the collected volume I'm planning, this will fit right in.

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  • From W-Dockery@21:1/5 to George J. Dance on Mon Jun 6 23:36:47 2022
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    George J. Dance wrote:

    On 2022-06-06 6:17 p.m., General-Zod wrote:
    George J. Dance wrote:

    Guess Who?

    I'm usenet's greatest poet,
       At least that's what they say.
    The Village People love my work
       And I'm not even gay.

    The most prolific poet
        The internet has known,
    I've written fifty thousand poems
        In the past week alone.

    I sit at my computer
        And dream of South and North,
    And just like vomit from a drunk
        The poems come gushing forth.

    It's sometimes hard to type them,
        They all come out so fast,
    And some of them are really long
        While some are just half-vast.

    I've never learned poetics;
        I know that I don't need 'em
    Because I simply write the poems;
        Let other people read 'em.

    Oh once Bob Dylan phoned me
        But didn't praise my work
    So I hung up on him. He's just
        A pissbum and a jerk.

    I know he's simply jealous,
        Like all those guys, of me.
    That's why they bury all my stuff;
        It's a conspiracy.

    I know I could be published
        And everyone would buy,
    But knowing the conspiracy
        Why would I even try?

    So I just stay on usenet
        Where true success depends,
    Not on your money, or your fame,
        But on your online friends.

    I'm friends with half a dozen
        True poets just like me.
    (Sometimes we write, sometimes we fight
        With the conspiracy.)

    They say my poems are perfect,
        And all I have to do
    Is thank all six, and tell them all
        Their poems are perfect, too.

    ~~
    GJD

    Second read, quite excellent poetry....



    Thanks, Zod. I appreciate your trying to get the thread back to the OP.

    Maybe "excellent" is to high praise, but I am happy with it. The meter's good, and it's one I've never used before. As for the content, it is
    satire, so it's meant to be humorous rather than profound, and I'd say
    it works there, too.

    It doesn't belong on the blog or wiki, but I do have a section of mainly satire on other poets in the /Doggerel/ book -- if I expand that section
    in the collected volume I'm planning, this will fit right in.

    It would go well on a lampoon blog.

    By the way, the poem definitely isn't about me.

    For example, I was never friends with the guy from the Village People.

    🙂

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  • From Rocky Stoneberg@21:1/5 to Will Dockery on Tue Jun 7 21:47:54 2022
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    Will Dockery wrote:

    George J. Dance wrote:

    On 2022-06-06 6:17 p.m., General-Zod wrote:
    George J. Dance wrote:

    Guess Who?

    I'm usenet's greatest poet,
       At least that's what they say.
    The Village People love my work
       And I'm not even gay.

    The most prolific poet
        The internet has known,
    I've written fifty thousand poems
        In the past week alone.

    I sit at my computer
        And dream of South and North,
    And just like vomit from a drunk
        The poems come gushing forth.

    It's sometimes hard to type them,
        They all come out so fast,
    And some of them are really long
        While some are just half-vast.

    I've never learned poetics;
        I know that I don't need 'em
    Because I simply write the poems;
        Let other people read 'em.

    Oh once Bob Dylan phoned me
        But didn't praise my work
    So I hung up on him. He's just
        A pissbum and a jerk.

    I know he's simply jealous,
        Like all those guys, of me.
    That's why they bury all my stuff;
        It's a conspiracy.

    I know I could be published
        And everyone would buy,
    But knowing the conspiracy
        Why would I even try?

    So I just stay on usenet
        Where true success depends,
    Not on your money, or your fame,
        But on your online friends.

    I'm friends with half a dozen
        True poets just like me.
    (Sometimes we write, sometimes we fight
        With the conspiracy.)

    They say my poems are perfect,
        And all I have to do
    Is thank all six, and tell them all
        Their poems are perfect, too.

    ~~
    GJD

    Second read, quite excellent poetry....



    Thanks, Zod. I appreciate your trying to get the thread back to the OP.

    Maybe "excellent" is to high praise, but I am happy with it. The meter's
    good, and it's one I've never used before. As for the content, it is
    satire, so it's meant to be humorous rather than profound, and I'd say
    it works there, too.

    It doesn't belong on the blog or wiki, but I do have a section of mainly
    satire on other poets in the /Doggerel/ book -- if I expand that section
    in the collected volume I'm planning, this will fit right in.

    It would go well on a lampoon blog.

    By the way, the poem definitely isn't about me.

    For example, I was never friends with the guy from the Village People.

    🙂

    I was in the Navy, though... ha ha.

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  • From W.Dockery@21:1/5 to General-Zod on Tue Jun 7 23:55:27 2022
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    General-Zod wrote:

    George J. Dance wrote:

    Guess Who?

    I'm usenet's greatest poet,
    At least that's what they say.
    The Village People love my work
    And I'm not even gay.

    The most prolific poet
    The internet has known,
    I've written fifty thousand poems
    In the past week alone.

    I sit at my computer
    And dream of South and North,
    And just like vomit from a drunk
    The poems come gushing forth.

    It's sometimes hard to type them,
    They all come out so fast,
    And some of them are really long
    While some are just half-vast.

    I've never learned poetics;
    I know that I don't need 'em
    Because I simply write the poems;
    Let other people read 'em.

    Oh once Bob Dylan phoned me
    But didn't praise my work
    So I hung up on him. He's just
    A pissbum and a jerk.

    I know he's simply jealous,
    Like all those guys, of me.
    That's why they bury all my stuff;
    It's a conspiracy.

    I know I could be published
    And everyone would buy,
    But knowing the conspiracy
    Why would I even try?

    So I just stay on usenet
    Where true success depends,
    Not on your money, or your fame,
    But on your online friends.

    I'm friends with half a dozen
    True poets just like me.
    (Sometimes we write, sometimes we fight
    With the conspiracy.)

    They say my poems are perfect,
    And all I have to do
    Is thank all six, and tell them all
    Their poems are perfect, too.

    ~~
    GJD

    Second read, quite excellent poetry....

    Reminds me of a poet I know.

    🙂

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  • From W-Dockery@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jun 10 00:52:24 2022
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    I know more about Horatio Hornblower's influence on Star Trek than I do Horatio Nelson's influence on the Hornblower character, but from what I've just read on Google, Horatio Hornblower was indeed based partially on Horatio Nelson.

    HTH and HAND.

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  • From W.Dockery@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jun 10 02:04:51 2022
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    Like I said:

    I know more about Horatio Hornblower's influence on Star Trek than I do Horatio Nelson's influence on the Hornblower character, but from what I've just read on Google, Horatio Hornblower was indeed based partially
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^°^^^^^^^^^^^

    on Horatio Nelson.
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

    The character was "based partially" on Nelson.

    HTH and HAND.

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  • From George J. Dance@21:1/5 to Will Dockery on Fri Jun 10 04:54:44 2022
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    On 2022-06-08 6:51 p.m., Will Dockery wrote:
    On Wednesday, June 8, 2022 at 6:34:36 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
    On 2022-06-06 8:14 p.m., Ash Wurthing wrote:
    On Monday, June 6, 2022 at 7:12:10 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
    On 2022-06-06 6:17 p.m., General-Zod wrote:
    George J. Dance wrote:

    Guess Who?

    I'm usenet's greatest poet,
    At least that's what they say.
    The Village People love my work
    And I'm not even gay.

    The most prolific poet
    The internet has known,
    I've written fifty thousand poems
    In the past week alone.

    I sit at my computer
    And dream of South and North,
    And just like vomit from a drunk
    The poems come gushing forth.

    It's sometimes hard to type them,
    They all come out so fast,
    And some of them are really long
    While some are just half-vast.

    I've never learned poetics;
    I know that I don't need 'em
    Because I simply write the poems;
    Let other people read 'em.

    Oh once Bob Dylan phoned me
    But didn't praise my work
    So I hung up on him. He's just
    A pissbum and a jerk.

    I know he's simply jealous,
    Like all those guys, of me.
    That's why they bury all my stuff;
    It's a conspiracy.

    I know I could be published
    And everyone would buy,
    But knowing the conspiracy
    Why would I even try?

    So I just stay on usenet
    Where true success depends,
    Not on your money, or your fame,
    But on your online friends.

    I'm friends with half a dozen
    True poets just like me.
    (Sometimes we write, sometimes we fight
    With the conspiracy.)

    They say my poems are perfect,
    And all I have to do
    Is thank all six, and tell them all
    Their poems are perfect, too.

    ~~
    GJD

    Second read, quite excellent poetry....
    Thanks, Zod. I appreciate your trying to get the thread back to the OP. >>>>
    Maybe "excellent" is to high praise, but I am happy with it. The meter's >>>> good, and it's one I've never used before. As for the content, it is
    satire, so it's meant to be humorous rather than profound, and I'd say >>>> it works there, too.

    It doesn't belong on the blog or wiki, but I do have a section of mainly >>>> satire on other poets in the /Doggerel/ book -- if I expand that section >>>> in the collected volume I'm planning, this will fit right in.

    So your "poetry book" is satire of other poets?

    Not all of it, silly; but the month of April (NaPoMo) is mainly that.

    Seeing your satire work here and how nasty you have become, I'm sure your satire is "Dogshitflinging" with gratuitous use of "jism"!

    I can't think of any stupider idea than debating one of my poems with
    someone who's never read it. If you'd like, since as I said they don't
    have a permanent home online, I could repost them as new threads, one
    by-one, and you could comment after you know what you're talking about.

    There's new interest in your Unsampled series also, perhaps the time is right to bring that, as well.

    Unsampled was never meant to be a regular series. When Senetto began
    purging poems, and then poets, the second time around, I started
    Unsampled as a place for them, so people could read what was cut as well
    as what was "accepted", but I never had interest in turning it into a competitor to the Sampler. The original idea of a magazine-style poetry
    thread open to the entire group made sense, but the idea of a one open
    to a self-selected few isn't something that appeals to me. I can
    understand the appeal to you, as a writing prompt, but writing new
    poetry is not a priority with me.

    I would like to see more poetry here, and I think reposting the "April"*
    poems from /Doggerel/ as stand-alones would be the best way to do that,
    as it increases the chance of their being seen and read in future. Even
    if most of the replies, as in this thread, are garbage, they at least
    bump the threads and give the OP more visibility. At the least, anyone venturing in here will be aware that I have written poetry, and know
    that much about me.

    There are 8 poems in that part of the book -- posting them twice a week
    would mean they'd all be reposted in a month -- so that looks like the
    best frequency. Then, depending on how it works out, I might do the same
    with "May".

    (* - not to be confused with /April/ magazine, of course).

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  • From George J. Dance@21:1/5 to W-Dockery on Fri Jun 10 05:48:43 2022
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    On 2022-06-09 8:52 p.m., W-Dockery wrote:
    I know more about Horatio Hornblower's influence on Star Trek than I do Horatio Nelson's influence on the Hornblower character, but from what
    I've just read on Google, Horatio Hornblower was indeed based partially
    on Horatio Nelson.
    HTH and HAND.

    I see "Professor NancyGene" has returned to challenge your claim. So,
    while I'm not all that interested in Hornblower and Nelson, I was
    interested enough to do my own googling.

    Here's a website I found by Kyra Cornelius Kramer. She's not a literary
    expert; according to her bio, she's

    "an author and freelance medical anthropologist. She had BS degrees in
    both biology and anthropology from the University of Kentucky, as well
    as a MA in medical anthropology from Southern Methodist University."

    So she's just an amateur who knows something of the subject. How much, I
    can't say; but then, I can't say how much if anything Prof. NG knows
    about it either. So Kramer's opinion at least balances that off.

    "One of Nelson’s most interesting legacies is that he was the obvious
    model for Horatio Hornblower, the navy officer in a series of
    best-selling early 20th century novels by C. S. Forester. In turn, the protagonist of the Forester novels was the source of Gene Roddenberry‘s inspiration when he created his famous starship captains James T. Kirk
    and Jean-Luc Picard." http://www.kyrackramer.com/2018/09/29/horatio-nelson-hornblower-prototype-and-hero-of-trafalgar/

    Kramer doesn't get into the similarities, but one that I noticed from
    her article is that Nelson got seasick. According to the Wikipedia
    article on Hornblower, that was a recurring motif in the novels:
    Hornblower "suffers from seasickness at the start of each of his voyages." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio_Hornblower#Inspirations

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  • From W-Dockery@21:1/5 to George J. Dance on Sun Jun 12 18:57:15 2022
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    George J. Dance wrote:


    Guess Who?

    I'm usenet's greatest poet,
    At least that's what they say.
    The Village People love my work
    And I'm not even gay.

    The most prolific poet
    The internet has known,
    I've written fifty thousand poems
    In the past week alone.

    I sit at my computer
    And dream of South and North,
    And just like vomit from a drunk
    The poems come gushing forth.

    It's sometimes hard to type them,
    They all come out so fast,
    And some of them are really long
    While some are just half-vast.

    I've never learned poetics;
    I know that I don't need 'em
    Because I simply write the poems;
    Let other people read 'em.

    Oh once Bob Dylan phoned me
    But didn't praise my work
    So I hung up on him. He's just
    A pissbum and a jerk.

    I know he's simply jealous,
    Like all those guys, of me.
    That's why they bury all my stuff;
    It's a conspiracy.

    I know I could be published
    And everyone would buy,
    But knowing the conspiracy
    Why would I even try?

    So I just stay on usenet
    Where true success depends,
    Not on your money, or your fame,
    But on your online friends.

    I'm friends with half a dozen
    True poets just like me.
    (Sometimes we write, sometimes we fight
    With the conspiracy.)

    They say my poems are perfect,
    And all I have to do
    Is thank all six, and tell them all
    Their poems are perfect, too.

    ~~
    GJD

    I think it works as fun rather
    than coming across as malice because no names are mentioned. Nobody
    hurts, nobody cries.

    It sure seems fun, as so many here seem to want a piece of the action.

    ;)

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  • From W.Dockery@21:1/5 to George J. Dance on Sun Jun 12 19:55:31 2022
    XPost: alt.arts.poetry.comments

    George J. Dance wrote:

    On 2022-06-09 8:52 p.m., Will Dockery wrote:

    I know more about Horatio Hornblower's influence on Star Trek than I do
    Horatio Nelson's influence on the Hornblower character, but from what
    I've just read on Google, Horatio Hornblower was indeed based partially
    on Horatio Nelson.
    HTH and HAND.

    I see "Professor NancyGene" has returned to challenge your claim. So,
    while I'm not all that interested in Hornblower and Nelson, I was
    interested enough to do my own googling.

    Here's a website I found by Kyra Cornelius Kramer. She's not a literary expert; according to her bio, she's

    "an author and freelance medical anthropologist. She had BS degrees in
    both biology and anthropology from the University of Kentucky, as well
    as a MA in medical anthropology from Southern Methodist University."

    So she's just an amateur who knows something of the subject. How much, I can't say; but then, I can't say how much if anything Prof. NG knows
    about it either. So Kramer's opinion at least balances that off.

    "One of Nelson’s most interesting legacies is that he was the obvious
    model for Horatio Hornblower, the navy officer in a series of
    best-selling early 20th century novels by C. S. Forester. In turn, the protagonist of the Forester novels was the source of Gene Roddenberry‘s inspiration when he created his famous starship captains James T. Kirk
    and Jean-Luc Picard." http://www.kyrackramer.com/2018/09/29/horatio-nelson-hornblower-prototype-and-hero-of-trafalgar/

    Kramer doesn't get into the similarities, but one that I noticed from
    her article is that Nelson got seasick. According to the Wikipedia
    article on Hornblower, that was a recurring motif in the novels:
    Hornblower "suffers from seasickness at the start of each of his voyages." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio_Hornblower#Inspirations

    Again, this is a good start on listing what is similar with Horatio Nelson and the Horatio Hornblower character.

    Again, I don't claim to be an expert so can only go with what I find on the topic from searching the internet.

    HTH and HAND.

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  • From Victor H.@21:1/5 to Will Dockery on Sun Jun 12 20:16:33 2022
    XPost: alt.arts.poetry.comments

    Will Dockery wrote:

    George J. Dance wrote:

    On 2022-06-09 8:52 p.m., Will Dockery wrote:

    I know more about Horatio Hornblower's influence on Star Trek than I do
    Horatio Nelson's influence on the Hornblower character, but from what
    I've just read on Google, Horatio Hornblower was indeed based partially
    on Horatio Nelson.
    HTH and HAND.

    I see "Professor NancyGene" has returned to challenge your claim. So,
    while I'm not all that interested in Hornblower and Nelson, I was
    interested enough to do my own googling.

    Here's a website I found by Kyra Cornelius Kramer. She's not a literary
    expert; according to her bio, she's

    "an author and freelance medical anthropologist. She had BS degrees in
    both biology and anthropology from the University of Kentucky, as well
    as a MA in medical anthropology from Southern Methodist University."

    So she's just an amateur who knows something of the subject. How much, I
    can't say; but then, I can't say how much if anything Prof. NG knows
    about it either. So Kramer's opinion at least balances that off.

    "One of Nelson’s most interesting legacies is that he was the obvious
    model for Horatio Hornblower, the navy officer in a series of
    best-selling early 20th century novels by C. S. Forester. In turn, the
    protagonist of the Forester novels was the source of Gene Roddenberry‘s
    inspiration when he created his famous starship captains James T. Kirk
    and Jean-Luc Picard."
    http://www.kyrackramer.com/2018/09/29/horatio-nelson-hornblower-prototype-and-hero-of-trafalgar/

    Kramer doesn't get into the similarities, but one that I noticed from
    her article is that Nelson got seasick. According to the Wikipedia
    article on Hornblower, that was a recurring motif in the novels:
    Hornblower "suffers from seasickness at the start of each of his voyages." >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio_Hornblower#Inspirations

    Again, this is a good start on listing what is similar with Horatio Nelson and the Horatio Hornblower character.

    Again, I don't claim to be an expert so can only go with what I find on the topic from searching the internet.

    HTH and HAND.

    The two have many definite similarities, Nancy G. must know this....

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  • From Rocky Stoneberg@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jun 13 21:49:20 2022
    XPost: alt.arts.poetry.comments

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/entertainment/books/1994/12/25/for-the-love-of-a-sailor/87290743-d0da-4780-8d5e-afa14bd9be86/

    *************Nelson was used by C.S. Forester as inspiration and model for Horatio Hornblower, the fictional seaman who in the course of a dozen novels rises through the Royal Navy from midshipman to lord admiral, along the way fighting a number of
    engagements notably similar to Nelson's.*******************

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  • From W-Dockery@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jun 14 15:08:18 2022
    XPost: alt.arts.poetry.comments

    https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.arts.poetry.comments/49a7-W02I0E/ydzf1mrlCgAJ

    Speaking of mind-boggling ignorance, Michael Pendragon has plenty of it to spare:

    "I'd simply burn the garbage churned out by no-talent phonies like Bukowski, Kerouac and Ginsberg." -Michael Pendragon

    HTH and HAND.

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  • From W.Dockery@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jun 16 13:51:23 2022
    XPost: alt.arts.poetry.comments

    I also named 5-6 poems by you that I think are good, Corey, while Pendragon has a fantasy of burning everything written by Charles Bukowski, Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, apparently.

    Can Pendragon name five poems from Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and Charles Bukowski that are good, worth seeing?

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  • From W.Dockery@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jun 16 14:17:27 2022
    XPost: alt.arts.poetry.comments

    Charles Bukowski, Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg are three of the most critically acclaimed and popular poets of the 20th Century, yet you want to burn all their poetry.

    Since you're also an unknown and unsuccessful poet, it sounds like not only your poor taste in poetry causing your extreme reaction, but also some jealousy, Pendragon.

    HTH and HAND.

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  • From Victor H.@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jun 16 19:54:56 2022
    XPost: alt.arts.poetry.comments

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_(psychology)


    ************* In psychology, fantasy is a broad range of mental experiences, mediated by the faculty of imagination in the human brain, and marked by an expression of certain desires through vivid mental imagery. Fantasies are associated with scenarios
    that are absolutely impossible.
    ************

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  • From Victor H.@21:1/5 to Cujo DeSockpuppet on Thu Jun 16 20:12:11 2022
    XPost: alt.arts.poetry.comments

    Cujo DeSockpuppet wrote:

    NancyGene <nancygene.andjayme@gmail.com> wrote in news:092f7dfb-c300-4302-bb4c-8dfad01e9d1bn@googlegroups.com:


    Will Dockery, please give us a reason why your judgment on poetry can
    be trusted.

    Because he's a musician, dammit. Good enough?

    Something we can agree on for once...!


    Will Dockery
    Columbus, GA, United States

    https://soundcloud.com/will-dockery

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  • From Victor H.@21:1/5 to George J. Dance on Thu Jun 16 21:02:27 2022
    XPost: alt.arts.poetry.comments

    George J. Dance wrote:

    Guess Who?

    I'm usenet's greatest poet,
    At least that's what they say.
    The Village People love my work
    And I'm not even gay.

    The most prolific poet
    The internet has known,
    I've written fifty thousand poems
    In the past week alone.

    I sit at my computer
    And dream of South and North,
    And just like vomit from a drunk
    The poems come gushing forth.

    It's sometimes hard to type them,
    They all come out so fast,
    And some of them are really long
    While some are just half-vast.

    I've never learned poetics;
    I know that I don't need 'em
    Because I simply write the poems;
    Let other people read 'em.

    Oh once Bob Dylan phoned me
    But didn't praise my work
    So I hung up on him. He's just
    A pissbum and a jerk.

    I know he's simply jealous,
    Like all those guys, of me.
    That's why they bury all my stuff;
    It's a conspiracy.

    I know I could be published
    And everyone would buy,
    But knowing the conspiracy
    Why would I even try?

    So I just stay on usenet
    Where true success depends,
    Not on your money, or your fame,
    But on your online friends.

    I'm friends with half a dozen
    True poets just like me.
    (Sometimes we write, sometimes we fight
    With the conspiracy.)

    They say my poems are perfect,
    And all I have to do
    Is thank all six, and tell them all
    Their poems are perfect, too.

    ~~
    GJD
    What is the count now G.D....

    Does everyone think this poem is about them...?

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  • From W-Dockery@21:1/5 to Victor H. on Fri Jun 17 00:07:40 2022
    XPost: alt.arts.poetry.comments

    Victor H. wrote:

    George J. Dance wrote:

    Guess Who?

    I'm usenet's greatest poet,
    At least that's what they say.
    The Village People love my work
    And I'm not even gay.

    The most prolific poet
    The internet has known,
    I've written fifty thousand poems
    In the past week alone.

    I sit at my computer
    And dream of South and North,
    And just like vomit from a drunk
    The poems come gushing forth.

    It's sometimes hard to type them,
    They all come out so fast,
    And some of them are really long
    While some are just half-vast.

    I've never learned poetics;
    I know that I don't need 'em
    Because I simply write the poems;
    Let other people read 'em.

    Oh once Bob Dylan phoned me
    But didn't praise my work
    So I hung up on him. He's just
    A pissbum and a jerk.

    I know he's simply jealous,
    Like all those guys, of me.
    That's why they bury all my stuff;
    It's a conspiracy.

    I know I could be published
    And everyone would buy,
    But knowing the conspiracy
    Why would I even try?

    So I just stay on usenet
    Where true success depends,
    Not on your money, or your fame,
    But on your online friends.

    I'm friends with half a dozen
    True poets just like me.
    (Sometimes we write, sometimes we fight
    With the conspiracy.)

    They say my poems are perfect,
    And all I have to do
    Is thank all six, and tell them all
    Their poems are perfect, too.

    ~~
    GJD
    What is the count now G.D....

    Does everyone think this poem is about them...?

    I'm sure everyone knows who this poem is about.

    🙂

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  • From W-Dockery@21:1/5 to George J. Dance on Fri Jun 17 01:25:07 2022
    XPost: alt.arts.poetry.comments

    George J. Dance wrote:

    On 2022-06-02 10:40 a.m., Michael Pendragon wrote:
    On Thursday, June 2, 2022 at 7:36:34 AM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:

    Guess Who?

    I'm usenet's greatest poet,
    At least that's what they say.
    The Village People love my work
    And I'm not even gay.

    The most prolific poet
    The internet has known,
    I've written fifty thousand poems
    In the past week alone.

    I sit at my computer
    And dream of South and North,
    And just like vomit from a drunk
    The poems come gushing forth.

    It's sometimes hard to type them,
    They all come out so fast,
    And some of them are really long
    While some are just half-vast.

    I've never learned poetics;
    I know that I don't need 'em
    Because I simply write the poems;
    Let other people read 'em.

    Oh once Bob Dylan phoned me
    But didn't praise my work
    So I hung up on him. He's just
    A pissbum and a jerk.

    I know he's simply jealous,
    Like all those guys, of me.
    That's why they bury all my stuff;
    It's a conspiracy.

    I know I could be published
    And everyone would buy,
    But knowing the conspiracy
    Why would I even try?

    So I just stay on usenet
    Where true success depends,
    Not on your money, or your fame,
    But on your online friends.

    I'm friends with half a dozen
    True poets just like me.
    (Sometimes we write, sometimes we fight
    With the conspiracy.)

    They say my poems are perfect,
    And all I have to do
    Is thank all six, and tell them all
    Their poems are perfect, too.

    ~~
    GJD

    The funny thing is that you seem to be describing Will Donkey in the above... except that Will hasn't got six friends.

    I'm glad you found a way to enjoy it. No names are mentioned, so a
    reader's free to apply it to whomever they think it fits.

    I could say more, but maybe later; it's noon already, and I have to get
    some work done.


    Like George Dance said, if it makes you feel better to pretend the poem is about me, then enjoy yourself.

    🙂

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  • From George J. Dance@21:1/5 to Will Dockery on Fri Jul 8 01:29:15 2022
    XPost: alt.arts.poetry.comments

    On 2022-07-01 1:02 p.m., Will Dockery wrote:
    On Thursday, June 2, 2022 at 7:36:34 AM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:

    Guess Who?

    I'm usenet's greatest poet,
    At least that's what they say.
    The Village People love my work
    And I'm not even gay.

    The most prolific poet
    The internet has known,
    I've written fifty thousand poems
    In the past week alone.

    I sit at my computer
    And dream of South and North,
    And just like vomit from a drunk
    The poems come gushing forth.

    It's sometimes hard to type them,
    They all come out so fast,
    And some of them are really long
    While some are just half-vast.

    I've never learned poetics;
    I know that I don't need 'em
    Because I simply write the poems;
    Let other people read 'em.

    Oh once Bob Dylan phoned me
    But didn't praise my work
    So I hung up on him. He's just
    A pissbum and a jerk.

    I know he's simply jealous,
    Like all those guys, of me.
    That's why they bury all my stuff;
    It's a conspiracy.

    I know I could be published
    And everyone would buy,
    But knowing the conspiracy
    Why would I even try?

    So I just stay on usenet
    Where true success depends,
    Not on your money, or your fame,
    But on your online friends.

    I'm friends with half a dozen
    True poets just like me.
    (Sometimes we write, sometimes we fight
    With the conspiracy.)

    They say my poems are perfect,
    And all I have to do
    Is thank all six, and tell them all
    Their poems are perfect, too.

    ~~
    GJD

    I don't care who you are, that's funny.

    🙂

    Yes, it still holds up after a month's reading. And, as you say, it
    doesn't matter whom it's about. So I think it's earned its place in the revision.

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  • From W.Dockery@21:1/5 to George J. Dance on Wed Jul 27 06:15:36 2022
    XPost: alt.arts.poetry.comments

    George J. Dance wrote:

    On 2022-07-01 1:02 p.m., Will Dockery wrote:
    On Thursday, June 2, 2022 at 7:36:34 AM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:

    Guess Who?

    I'm usenet's greatest poet,
    At least that's what they say.
    The Village People love my work
    And I'm not even gay.

    The most prolific poet
    The internet has known,
    I've written fifty thousand poems
    In the past week alone.

    I sit at my computer
    And dream of South and North,
    And just like vomit from a drunk
    The poems come gushing forth.

    It's sometimes hard to type them,
    They all come out so fast,
    And some of them are really long
    While some are just half-vast.

    I've never learned poetics;
    I know that I don't need 'em
    Because I simply write the poems;
    Let other people read 'em.

    Oh once Bob Dylan phoned me
    But didn't praise my work
    So I hung up on him. He's just
    A pissbum and a jerk.

    I know he's simply jealous,
    Like all those guys, of me.
    That's why they bury all my stuff;
    It's a conspiracy.

    I know I could be published
    And everyone would buy,
    But knowing the conspiracy
    Why would I even try?

    So I just stay on usenet
    Where true success depends,
    Not on your money, or your fame,
    But on your online friends.

    I'm friends with half a dozen
    True poets just like me.
    (Sometimes we write, sometimes we fight
    With the conspiracy.)

    They say my poems are perfect,
    And all I have to do
    Is thank all six, and tell them all
    Their poems are perfect, too.

    ~~
    GJD

    I don't care who you are, that's funny.

    🙂

    Yes, it still holds up after a month's reading. And, as you say, it
    doesn't matter whom it's about. So I think it's earned its place in the revision.


    Agreed and seconded.

    🙂

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  • From Victor H.@21:1/5 to Will Dockery on Thu Jul 28 22:55:47 2022
    XPost: alt.arts.poetry.comments

    Will Dockery wrote:

    Victor H. wrote:

    George J. Dance wrote:

    Guess Who?

    I'm usenet's greatest poet,
    At least that's what they say.
    The Village People love my work
    And I'm not even gay.

    The most prolific poet
    The internet has known,
    I've written fifty thousand poems
    In the past week alone.

    I sit at my computer
    And dream of South and North,
    And just like vomit from a drunk
    The poems come gushing forth.

    It's sometimes hard to type them,
    They all come out so fast,
    And some of them are really long
    While some are just half-vast.

    I've never learned poetics;
    I know that I don't need 'em
    Because I simply write the poems;
    Let other people read 'em.

    Oh once Bob Dylan phoned me
    But didn't praise my work
    So I hung up on him. He's just
    A pissbum and a jerk.

    I know he's simply jealous,
    Like all those guys, of me.
    That's why they bury all my stuff;
    It's a conspiracy.

    I know I could be published
    And everyone would buy,
    But knowing the conspiracy
    Why would I even try?

    So I just stay on usenet
    Where true success depends,
    Not on your money, or your fame,
    But on your online friends.

    I'm friends with half a dozen
    True poets just like me.
    (Sometimes we write, sometimes we fight
    With the conspiracy.)

    They say my poems are perfect,
    And all I have to do
    Is thank all six, and tell them all
    Their poems are perfect, too.

    ~~
    GJD
    What is the count now G.D....

    Does everyone think this poem is about them...?

    I'm sure everyone knows who this poem is about.

    🙂


    No shit Sherlock.... ha ha...

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  • From W-Dockery@21:1/5 to George J. Dance on Fri Jul 29 22:39:26 2022
    XPost: alt.arts.poetry.comments

    George J. Dance wrote:

    Guess Who?

    I'm usenet's greatest poet,
    At least that's what they say.
    The Village People love my work
    And I'm not even gay.

    The most prolific poet
    The internet has known,
    I've written fifty thousand poems
    In the past week alone.

    I sit at my computer
    And dream of South and North,
    And just like vomit from a drunk
    The poems come gushing forth.

    It's sometimes hard to type them,
    They all come out so fast,
    And some of them are really long
    While some are just half-vast.

    I've never learned poetics;
    I know that I don't need 'em
    Because I simply write the poems;
    Let other people read 'em.

    Oh once Bob Dylan phoned me
    But didn't praise my work
    So I hung up on him. He's just
    A pissbum and a jerk.

    I know he's simply jealous,
    Like all those guys, of me.
    That's why they bury all my stuff;
    It's a conspiracy.

    I know I could be published
    And everyone would buy,
    But knowing the conspiracy
    Why would I even try?

    So I just stay on usenet
    Where true success depends,
    Not on your money, or your fame,
    But on your online friends.

    I'm friends with half a dozen
    True poets just like me.
    (Sometimes we write, sometimes we fight
    With the conspiracy.)

    They say my poems are perfect,
    And all I have to do
    Is thank all six, and tell them all
    Their poems are perfect, too.

    ~~
    GJD

    Lest we forget, this poem was written in response to a challenge from Jim Senetto, which Senetto declined to respond to.

    HTH and HAND.

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  • From W-Dockery@21:1/5 to George J. Dance on Tue Aug 9 14:12:46 2022
    XPost: alt.arts.poetry.comments

    George J. Dance wrote:

    Guess Who?

    I'm usenet's greatest poet,
    At least that's what they say.
    The Village People love my work
    And I'm not even gay.

    The most prolific poet
    The internet has known,
    I've written fifty thousand poems
    In the past week alone.

    I sit at my computer
    And dream of South and North,
    And just like vomit from a drunk
    The poems come gushing forth.

    It's sometimes hard to type them,
    They all come out so fast,
    And some of them are really long
    While some are just half-vast.

    I've never learned poetics;
    I know that I don't need 'em
    Because I simply write the poems;
    Let other people read 'em.

    Oh once Bob Dylan phoned me
    But didn't praise my work
    So I hung up on him. He's just
    A pissbum and a jerk.

    I know he's simply jealous,
    Like all those guys, of me.
    That's why they bury all my stuff;
    It's a conspiracy.

    I know I could be published
    And everyone would buy,
    But knowing the conspiracy
    Why would I even try?

    So I just stay on usenet
    Where true success depends,
    Not on your money, or your fame,
    But on your online friends.

    I'm friends with half a dozen
    True poets just like me.
    (Sometimes we write, sometimes we fight
    With the conspiracy.)

    They say my poems are perfect,
    And all I have to do
    Is thank all six, and tell them all
    Their poems are perfect, too.

    ~~
    GJD

    More on point than ever.

    🙂

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  • From W.Dockery@21:1/5 to George J. Dance on Fri Aug 26 12:25:31 2022
    XPost: alt.arts.poetry.comments

    George J. Dance wrote:

    Guess Who?

    I'm usenet's greatest poet,
    At least that's what they say.
    The Village People love my work
    And I'm not even gay.

    The most prolific poet
    The internet has known,
    I've written fifty thousand poems
    In the past week alone.

    I sit at my computer
    And dream of South and North,
    And just like vomit from a drunk
    The poems come gushing forth.

    It's sometimes hard to type them,
    They all come out so fast,
    And some of them are really long
    While some are just half-vast.

    I've never learned poetics;
    I know that I don't need 'em
    Because I simply write the poems;
    Let other people read 'em.

    Oh once Bob Dylan phoned me
    But didn't praise my work
    So I hung up on him. He's just
    A pissbum and a jerk.

    I know he's simply jealous,
    Like all those guys, of me.
    That's why they bury all my stuff;
    It's a conspiracy.

    I know I could be published
    And everyone would buy,
    But knowing the conspiracy
    Why would I even try?

    So I just stay on usenet
    Where true success depends,
    Not on your money, or your fame,
    But on your online friends.

    I'm friends with half a dozen
    True poets just like me.
    (Sometimes we write, sometimes we fight
    With the conspiracy.)

    They say my poems are perfect,
    And all I have to do
    Is thank all six, and tell them all
    Their poems are perfect, too.

    ~~
    GJD
    Looks like you struck a nerve.

    🙂

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  • From W-Dockery@21:1/5 to George J. Dance on Thu Sep 1 03:46:01 2022
    XPost: alt.arts.poetry.comments

    George J. Dance wrote:

    Guess Who?

    I'm usenet's greatest poet,
    At least that's what they say.
    The Village People love my work
    And I'm not even gay.

    The most prolific poet
    The internet has known,
    I've written fifty thousand poems
    In the past week alone.

    I sit at my computer
    And dream of South and North,
    And just like vomit from a drunk
    The poems come gushing forth.

    It's sometimes hard to type them,
    They all come out so fast,
    And some of them are really long
    While some are just half-vast.

    I've never learned poetics;
    I know that I don't need 'em
    Because I simply write the poems;
    Let other people read 'em.

    Oh once Bob Dylan phoned me
    But didn't praise my work
    So I hung up on him. He's just
    A pissbum and a jerk.

    I know he's simply jealous,
    Like all those guys, of me.
    That's why they bury all my stuff;
    It's a conspiracy.

    I know I could be published
    And everyone would buy,
    But knowing the conspiracy
    Why would I even try?

    So I just stay on usenet
    Where true success depends,
    Not on your money, or your fame,
    But on your online friends.

    I'm friends with half a dozen
    True poets just like me.
    (Sometimes we write, sometimes we fight
    With the conspiracy.)

    They say my poems are perfect,
    And all I have to do
    Is thank all six, and tell them all
    Their poems are perfect, too.

    ~~
    GJD

    Still hilarious, you nailed JS, George Dance.

    🙂

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  • From W-Dockery@21:1/5 to George J. Dance on Thu Oct 20 13:37:58 2022
    XPost: alt.arts.poetry.comments

    George J. Dance wrote:

    Guess Who?

    I'm usenet's greatest poet,
    At least that's what they say.
    The Village People love my work
    And I'm not even gay.

    The most prolific poet
    The internet has known,
    I've written fifty thousand poems
    In the past week alone.

    I sit at my computer
    And dream of South and North,
    And just like vomit from a drunk
    The poems come gushing forth.

    It's sometimes hard to type them,
    They all come out so fast,
    And some of them are really long
    While some are just half-vast.

    I've never learned poetics;
    I know that I don't need 'em
    Because I simply write the poems;
    Let other people read 'em.

    Oh once Bob Dylan phoned me
    But didn't praise my work
    So I hung up on him. He's just
    A pissbum and a jerk.

    I know he's simply jealous,
    Like all those guys, of me.
    That's why they bury all my stuff;
    It's a conspiracy.

    I know I could be published
    And everyone would buy,
    But knowing the conspiracy
    Why would I even try?

    So I just stay on usenet
    Where true success depends,
    Not on your money, or your fame,
    But on your online friends.

    I'm friends with half a dozen
    True poets just like me.
    (Sometimes we write, sometimes we fight
    With the conspiracy.)

    They say my poems are perfect,
    And all I have to do
    Is thank all six, and tell them all
    Their poems are perfect, too.

    ~~
    GJD

    Jim Senetto in a nutshell.

    🙂

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  • From W-Dockery@21:1/5 to Robert Burrows on Tue Nov 15 19:42:05 2022
    Robert Burrows wrote:

    On Thursday, June 2, 2022 at 7:36:35 AM UTC-4, George J. Dance wrote:

    Guess Who?

    I'm usenet's greatest poet,
    At least that's what they say.
    The Village People love my work
    And I'm not even gay.

    The most prolific poet
    The internet has known,
    I've written fifty thousand poems
    In the past week alone.

    I sit at my computer
    And dream of South and North,
    And just like vomit from a drunk
    The poems come gushing forth.

    It's sometimes hard to type them,
    They all come out so fast,
    And some of them are really long
    While some are just half-vast.

    I've never learned poetics;
    I know that I don't need 'em
    Because I simply write the poems;
    Let other people read 'em.

    Oh once Bob Dylan phoned me
    But didn't praise my work
    So I hung up on him. He's just

    A pissbum and a jerk.

    I know he's simply jealous,
    Like all those guys, of me.
    That's why they bury all my stuff;
    It's a conspiracy.

    I know I could be published
    And everyone would buy,
    But knowing the conspiracy
    Why would I even try?

    So I just stay on usenet
    Where true success depends,
    Not on your money, or your fame,
    But on your online friends.

    I'm friends with half a dozen
    True poets just like me.
    (Sometimes we write, sometimes we fight
    With the conspiracy.)

    They say my poems are perfect,
    And all I have to do
    Is thank all six, and tell them all
    Their poems are perfect, too.

    ~~
    GJD

    A silly old fool

    Look who's talking.

    🙂

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  • From W.Dockery@21:1/5 to George J. Dance on Sun Jan 1 00:32:30 2023
    XPost: alt.arts.poetry.comments

    George J. Dance wrote:

    Guess Who?

    I'm usenet's greatest poet,
    At least that's what they say.
    The Village People love my work
    And I'm not even gay.

    The most prolific poet
    The internet has known,
    I've written fifty thousand poems
    In the past week alone.

    I sit at my computer
    And dream of South and North,
    And just like vomit from a drunk
    The poems come gushing forth.

    It's sometimes hard to type them,
    They all come out so fast,
    And some of them are really long
    While some are just half-vast.

    I've never learned poetics;
    I know that I don't need 'em
    Because I simply write the poems;
    Let other people read 'em.

    Oh once Bob Dylan phoned me
    But didn't praise my work
    So I hung up on him. He's just
    A pissbum and a jerk.

    I know he's simply jealous,
    Like all those guys, of me.
    That's why they bury all my stuff;
    It's a conspiracy.

    I know I could be published
    And everyone would buy,
    But knowing the conspiracy
    Why would I even try?

    So I just stay on usenet
    Where true success depends,
    Not on your money, or your fame,
    But on your online friends.

    I'm friends with half a dozen
    True poets just like me.
    (Sometimes we write, sometimes we fight
    With the conspiracy.)

    They say my poems are perfect,
    And all I have to do
    Is thank all six, and tell them all
    Their poems are perfect, too.

    ~~
    GJD

    Lest we forget.

    🙂

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  • From Beavis@21:1/5 to W.Dockery on Tue Jan 7 10:15:10 2025
    XPost: alt.arts.poetry.comments

    W.Dockery wrote:
    Family Guy wrote:

    Whatever happened to this Dink fool?

    🙂

    On Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at 8:09:51 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Sunday, June 5, 2022 at 12:20:15 PM UTC-7, Zod wrote:
    George J. Dance wrote:
    On 2022-06-02 8:02 a.m., HC wrote:
    On Thursday, June 2, 2022 at 7:36:34 AM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca >>>> wrote:


    That was fun, thanks.


    Thanks for reading and commenting, Corey. I think it works as fun
    rather
    than coming across as malice because no names are mentioned. Nobody >>>> > > hurts, nobody cries.


    To get this thread back on track for you, G.D....

    This is what I get above when I hit Reply All to your questions.
    (re: my
    first blowjob)

    I already told you I really do NOT wish to continue this on the
    computer.


    Then why respond.


    Look who's talking.

    🙂


    P.S. I think this is supposed to be private.

    .....which is why you are posting it to Usenet.

    HOWSOEVER, since I *suspect* that you may be serious...I need to know
    your legal name before I am able to *continue* this line of inquiry.

    I wouldn't give you change out of my pocket, let alone any personal
    information.



    (and tbch...i sorta thought that was supposed to be mostly private, as >>>> well, and i do not believe i should like to see it here. as i said, i
    thought this kind of thing was supposed to be PRIVATE, *insert full
    legal name here*)((*to be left blank*))

    THIS IS HOW I *THINK* I FEEL ABOUT ALL THIS *NOW.*

    which is pretty much the same as when i (perhaps regrettably?)
    posted my
    amorphous list of names.


    Take the meds and go back to bed.

    Perhaps Dink took his own advice?

    🙂

    Dink was another webbie tard like you, he left
    when GG went tits up.

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  • From 89@21:1/5 to Beavis on Wed Jan 8 14:02:16 2025
    XPost: alt.arts.poetry.comments

    Beavis wrote:
    W.Dockery wrote:
    Family Guy wrote:

    Whatever happened to this Dink fool?

    🙂

    On Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at 8:09:51 PM UTC-4, Rachel wrote:
    On Sunday, June 5, 2022 at 12:20:15 PM UTC-7, Zod wrote:
    George J. Dance wrote:
    On 2022-06-02 8:02 a.m., HC wrote:
    On Thursday, June 2, 2022 at 7:36:34 AM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca >>>>> wrote:


    That was fun, thanks.


    Thanks for reading and commenting, Corey. I think it works as fun >>>>> rather
    than coming across as malice because no names are mentioned.
    Nobody
    hurts, nobody cries.


    To get this thread back on track for you, G.D....

    This is what I get above when I hit Reply All to your questions.
    (re: my
    first blowjob)

    I already told you I really do NOT wish to continue this on the
    computer.


    Then why respond.


    Look who's talking.

    🙂


    P.S. I think this is supposed to be private.

    .....which is why you are posting it to Usenet.

    HOWSOEVER, since I *suspect* that you may be serious...I need to know >>>>> your legal name before I am able to *continue* this line of inquiry.

    I wouldn't give you change out of my pocket, let alone any personal
    information.



    (and tbch...i sorta thought that was supposed to be mostly private, as >>>>> well, and i do not believe i should like to see it here. as i said, i >>>>> thought this kind of thing was supposed to be PRIVATE, *insert full
    legal name here*)((*to be left blank*))

    THIS IS HOW I *THINK* I FEEL ABOUT ALL THIS *NOW.*

    which is pretty much the same as when i (perhaps regrettably?)
    posted my
    amorphous list of names.


    Take the meds and go back to bed.

    Perhaps Dink took his own advice?

    🙂

    Dink was another webbie tard like you, he left
    when GG went tits up.


    Almost every GG poster was an idiot, good riddance.

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  • From George J. Dance@21:1/5 to W.Dockery on Tue Mar 25 16:25:32 2025
    XPost: alt.arts.poetry.comments

    On Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:36:50 +0000, W.Dockery wrote:

    Victor H. wrote:
    Will Dockery wrote:
    Victor H. wrote:

    George J. Dance wrote:

    Guess Who?

    I'm usenet's greatest poet,
    At least that's what they say.
    The Village People love my work
    And I'm not even gay.

    The most prolific poet
    The internet has known,
    I've written fifty thousand poems
    In the past week alone.

    I sit at my computer
    And dream of South and North,
    And just like vomit from a drunk
    The poems come gushing forth.

    It's sometimes hard to type them,
    They all come out so fast,
    And some of them are really long
    While some are just half-vast.

    I've never learned poetics;
    I know that I don't need 'em
    Because I simply write the poems;
    Let other people read 'em.

    Oh once Bob Dylan phoned me
    But didn't praise my work
    So I hung up on him. He's just
    A pissbum and a jerk.

    I know he's simply jealous,
    Like all those guys, of me.
    That's why they bury all my stuff;
    It's a conspiracy.

    I know I could be published
    And everyone would buy,
    But knowing the conspiracy
    Why would I even try?

    So I just stay on usenet
    Where true success depends,
    Not on your money, or your fame,
    But on your online friends.

    I'm friends with half a dozen
    True poets just like me.
    (Sometimes we write, sometimes we fight
    With the conspiracy.)

    They say my poems are perfect,
    And all I have to do
    Is thank all six, and tell them all
    Their poems are perfect, too.

    ~~
    GJD
    What is the count now G.D....

    Does everyone think this poem is about them...?

    I'm sure everyone knows who this poem is about.


    No shit Sherlock.... ha ha...

    Hilarious.

    Yes, I thought this one was obvious. The references to the Village
    People and Dylan should make it obvious to any future scholars, as there
    was only one poet here who's talked to both.

    But of course some of the traits described in the poem can be ascribed
    to a lot of poets who've graced us. I even had one argument (from the
    Asstroll) that the poem was really about me, as I'm the one with the
    conspiracy theory. He was referring to my theory about "Team Monkey". In
    my defense, that theory was both an attempt to describe reality, and a
    parody of one group's theory of "Team Donkey" (the reality here being
    that Team Monkey was my name for that group.)

    The subject here was a member of Team Monkey, and the 'conspiracy'
    theory I'd had in mind was that group's "Team Donkey" theory. Based on
    merely the fact that Will Dockery invites every poet he runs into to
    join aapc, they theory is that this was a plot by Will and his minions
    to fill the group with more of them (called "plants", in an aparent
    reference to Invasion of the Body Snatchers), and take over the group
    that way.

    As Rand said: "Don't bother to examine a folly. Ask yourself only what
    it accomplishes." What belief in the "Team Donkey" theory accomplished
    was that Team Monkey began seeing every new person who joined or simply
    posted with suspicion as another Team Donkey "plant" - with the
    predictable result that over the past 6 years, none of the them have
    stayed in the group.

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  • From Bertitaylor@21:1/5 to All on Mon Apr 14 13:36:12 2025
    XPost: alt.arts.poetry.comments

    In this world there is but one poet to spy
    And he is none other than I.

    --

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  • From Bertitaylor@21:1/5 to W.Dockery on Mon Apr 14 21:09:05 2025
    XPost: alt.arts.poetry.comments

    On Mon, 14 Apr 2025 17:11:25 +0000, W.Dockery wrote:

    On Mon, 14 Apr 2025 13:36:12 +0000, Bertitaylor wrote:

    In this world there is but one poet to spy
    And he is none other than I.

    --

    Looking forward to seeing some of your poetry.

    Used to post here 30 years ago.
    Arindam Banerjee

    --

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  • From George J. Dance@21:1/5 to Bertitaylor on Mon Apr 14 21:36:28 2025
    XPost: alt.arts.poetry.comments

    On Mon, 14 Apr 2025 21:09:03 +0000, Bertitaylor wrote:

    On Mon, 14 Apr 2025 17:11:25 +0000, W.Dockery wrote:

    On Mon, 14 Apr 2025 13:36:12 +0000, Bertitaylor wrote:

    In this world there is but one poet to spy
    And he is none other than I.

    --

    Looking forward to seeing some of your poetry.

    Used to post here 30 years ago.
    Arindam Banerjee


    I located an Arindam Banerjee poem posted on RAP in 2010.

    Days of Autumn!

    Days of autumn! The air is as the breath of wine
    That has brewed for days in cosy jars.
    The birds are happy; their joyous bars
    Raise the sun; remind him his task to shine.
    [...]

    Read more: https://groups.google.com/g/rec.arts.poems/c/zZ0HiavE-gw/m/FynLSrYgvDUJ?hl=en

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  • From Bertitaylor@21:1/5 to George J. Dance on Wed Apr 16 06:29:40 2025
    XPost: alt.arts.poetry.comments

    On Mon, 14 Apr 2025 21:36:27 +0000, George J. Dance wrote:

    On Mon, 14 Apr 2025 21:09:03 +0000, Bertitaylor wrote:

    On Mon, 14 Apr 2025 17:11:25 +0000, W.Dockery wrote:

    On Mon, 14 Apr 2025 13:36:12 +0000, Bertitaylor wrote:

    In this world there is but one poet to spy
    And he is none other than I.

    --

    Looking forward to seeing some of your poetry.

    Used to post here 30 years ago.
    Arindam Banerjee


    I located an Arindam Banerjee poem posted on RAP in 2010.

    Days of Autumn!

    Days of autumn! The air is as the breath of wine
    That has brewed for days in cosy jars.
    The birds are happy; their joyous bars
    Raise the sun; remind him his task to shine.
    [...]

    Read more: https://groups.google.com/g/rec.arts.poems/c/zZ0HiavE-gw/m/FynLSrYgvDUJ?hl=en

    His sonnets and other items did receive mild praise. Very effective that
    way.

    --

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