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  • PPB: To October / William Curtis

    From George J. Dance@21:1/5 to All on Sun Oct 30 14:13:25 2022
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    To October, by William Curtis
    -
    How bright, loved month, upon the fading brow
    Of yonder hill, with melancholy air
    Spreads thy sweet smile! How bright the hectic glow
    Of dying beauty on thy cheek so fair!
    [...]
    https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2022/10/to-october-william-curtis.html

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  • From General-Zod@21:1/5 to George J. Dance on Sun Oct 30 18:46:02 2022
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    George J. Dance wrote:

    To October, by William Curtis
    -
    How bright, loved month, upon the fading brow
    Of yonder hill, with melancholy air
    Spreads thy sweet smile! How bright the hectic glow
    Of dying beauty on thy cheek so fair!
    [...] https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2022/10/to-october-william-curtis.html

    Quite outstanding, as usual...

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  • From General-Zod@21:1/5 to George J. Dance on Sat Nov 12 20:45:23 2022
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    George J. Dance wrote:

    On 2022-11-12 2:08 a.m., Michael Pendragon wrote:
    On Saturday, November 12, 2022 at 1:48:57 AM UTC-5, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
    On 2022-11-09 10:19 a.m., Spam-I-Am wrote:
    On Wednesday, November 9, 2022 at 9:38:00 AM UTC-5, michaelmalef...@gmail.com wrote:

    To October, by William Curtis
    -
    How bright, loved month, upon the fading brow
    Of yonder hill, with melancholy air
    Spreads thy sweet smile! How bright the hectic glow
    Of dying beauty on thy cheek so fair!
    [...]
    https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2022/10/to-october-william-curtis.html

    So, George... apart from their being unenforced "rules," what part's of the GLs/FAQs do you disagree with?


    I don't have to ask you the same thing, Michael, as your behavior in
    three PPB threads tells us which parts of the GLs you disagree with:

    <snip>


    4) Don’t hijack other people’s threads. If a thread’s topic is “Walt Whitman,” you should only make a comment pertaining to Walt Whitman. If you wish to discuss a poem you’ve written that was inspired by Mr. Whitman, start your own thread.


    <snip>

    Over the past two weeks, you've hijacked every PPB thread to post and to
    post about these "GLs" of yours. Please stop.


    Voodoo Boy should try to practice what he preaches,....

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  • From W-Dockery@21:1/5 to General-Zod on Sun Nov 13 01:08:08 2022
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    General-Zod wrote:

    George J. Dance wrote:

    On 2022-11-12 2:08 a.m., Michael Pendragon wrote:
    On Saturday, November 12, 2022 at 1:48:57 AM UTC-5, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
    On 2022-11-09 10:19 a.m., Spam-I-Am wrote:
    On Wednesday, November 9, 2022 at 9:38:00 AM UTC-5, michaelmalef...@gmail.com wrote:

    To October, by William Curtis
    -
    How bright, loved month, upon the fading brow
    Of yonder hill, with melancholy air
    Spreads thy sweet smile! How bright the hectic glow >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Of dying beauty on thy cheek so fair!
    [...]
    https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2022/10/to-october-william-curtis.html

    So, George... apart from their being unenforced "rules," what part's of the GLs/FAQs do you disagree with?


    I don't have to ask you the same thing, Michael, as your behavior in
    three PPB threads tells us which parts of the GLs you disagree with:

    <snip>


    4) Don’t hijack other people’s threads. If a thread’s topic is “Walt Whitman,” you should only make a comment pertaining to Walt Whitman. If you wish to discuss a poem you’ve written that was inspired by Mr. Whitman, start your own thread.


    <snip>

    Over the past two weeks, you've hijacked every PPB thread to post and to
    post about these "GLs" of yours. Please stop.


    Voodoo Boy should try to practice what he preaches,....

    Not likely.

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  • From George J. Dance@21:1/5 to All on Sun Nov 13 20:01:19 2022
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  • From General-Zod@21:1/5 to NancyGene on Sun Nov 13 22:34:12 2022
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    On Sunday, November 13, 2022 at 5:19:46 PM UTC-5, NancyGene wrote:
    On Sunday, November 13, 2022 at 10:01:21 PM UTC, Will Dockery wrote:
    On Sunday, November 13, 2022 at 4:57:22 PM UTC-5, NancyGene wrote:
    On Sunday, November 13, 2022 at 9:31:52 PM UTC, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:

    To October, by William Curtis
    -
    How bright, loved month, upon the fading brow >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Of yonder hill, with melancholy air
    Spreads thy sweet smile! How bright the hectic glow >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Of dying beauty on thy cheek so fair!
    [...]
    https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2022/10/to-october-william-curtis.html

    So, George... apart from their being unenforced "rules," what part's of the GLs/FAQs do you disagree with?

    I don't have to ask you the same thing, Michael, as your behavior in >> three PPB threads tells us which parts of the GLs you disagree with: >>
    <snip>

    4) Don’t hijack other people’s threads. If a thread’s topic is “Walt Whitman,” you should only make a comment pertaining to Walt Whitman. If you wish to discuss a poem you’ve written that was inspired by Mr. Whitman, start your
    own thread.

    <snip>

    Over the past two weeks, you've hijacked every PPB thread to post and to
    post about these "GLs" of yours. Please stop.

    The guidelines were written in 1999, why do you attribute them to Michael?
    I don['t know if you're confusing Michael's "GLs" with the aapc FAQ, or (like Michael) you just want to confuse anyone else reading, but in either case you're wrong. The "OFFICIAL GUIDELINES" were written in late
    2019 and/or early 2020, apparently by Michael himself with no input or support from anyone else to be seen on the newsgroup.
    You are not telling the truth, George Dance. The Guidelines draft was posted by Michael on January 20, 2021, and there were several suggestions for additions and changes to the GLs from other members of AAPC.
    https://groups.google.com/g/alt.arts.poetry.comments/c/9rP3ex39UYg/m/n-XiebnaAAAJ
    While some longtime members were excluded.

    Thus the guidelines are bogus.

    You (Will Dockery) didn't suggest anything

    Would Pen have accepted Doc's suggestions...?

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  • From W-Dockery@21:1/5 to George J. Dance on Mon Nov 14 01:11:24 2022
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    George J. Dance wrote:

    On 2022-11-13 5:34 p.m., General-Zod wrote:
    On Sunday, November 13, 2022 at 5:19:46 PM UTC-5, NancyGene wrote:
    On Sunday, November 13, 2022 at 10:01:21 PM UTC, Will Dockery wrote: >
    On Sunday, November 13, 2022 at 4:57:22 PM UTC-5, NancyGene wrote: > >
    On Sunday, November 13, 2022 at 9:31:52 PM UTC, george...@yahoo.ca wrote: >>> > > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> To October, by William Curtis > > >
    - > > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> How bright, loved month, upon
    the fading brow > > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Of yonder hill, with melancholy
    air > > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Spreads thy sweet smile! How bright the
    hectic glow > > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Of dying beauty on thy cheek so fair!
    [...] > > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2022/10/to-october-william-curtis.html > > > >>> > > > >>> So, George... apart from their being unenforced "rules," what part's of the GLs/FAQs do you disagree with? > > > >>> > > > >> I don't have to ask you the
    same thing, Michael, as your behavior in > > > >> three PPB threads tells us which parts of the GLs you disagree with: > > > >> > > > >> <snip> > > > >>> > > > >>> 4) Don’t hijack other people’s threads. If a thread’s topic is “Walt Whitman,”
    you should only make a comment pertaining to Walt Whitman. If you wish to discuss a poem you’ve written that was inspired by Mr. Whitman, start your own thread. > > > >>> > > > >> <snip> > > > >> > > > >> Over the past two weeks, you've hijacked every
    PPB thread to post and to > > > >> post about these "GLs" of yours. Please stop. > > > > > > > > The guidelines were written in 1999, why do you attribute them to Michael? > > > I don['t know if you're confusing Michael's "GLs" with the aapc FAQ, or > > >
    (like Michael) you just want to confuse anyone else reading, but in > > > either case you're wrong. The "OFFICIAL GUIDELINES" were written in late > > > 2019 and/or early 2020, apparently by Michael himself with no input or > > > support from anyone
    else to be seen on the newsgroup. > > You are not telling the truth, George Dance. The Guidelines draft was posted by Michael on January 20, 2021, and there were several suggestions for additions and changes to the GLs from other members of AAPC. > >
    https://groups.google.com/g/alt.arts.poetry.comments/c/9rP3ex39UYg/m/n-XiebnaAAAJ > While some longtime members were excluded. > > Thus the guidelines are bogus.
    You (Will Dockery) didn't suggest anything

    Would Pen have accepted Doc's suggestions...?

    Notice that the one you proposed (don't post using the names of other
    group participants or their families) was simply ignored. If Will had
    tried to participate, he'd have got the same treatment.



    And, one of NancyGene's favorite stunts, posting full street addresses and anything else she can stalk up about an enemy of hers.

    HTH and HAND.

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  • From W-Dockery@21:1/5 to General-Zod on Tue Nov 22 04:25:46 2022
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    General-Zod wrote:

    George J. Dance wrote:

    To October, by William Curtis
    -
    How bright, loved month, upon the fading brow
    Of yonder hill, with melancholy air
    Spreads thy sweet smile! How bright the hectic glow
    Of dying beauty on thy cheek so fair!
    [...]
    https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2022/10/to-october-william-curtis.html

    Quite outstanding, as usual...

    Agreed and seconded.

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  • From W-Dockery@21:1/5 to General-Zod on Sat Nov 26 15:07:15 2022
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    General-Zod wrote:

    George J. Dance wrote:

    To October, by William Curtis
    -
    How bright, loved month, upon the fading brow
    Of yonder hill, with melancholy air
    Spreads thy sweet smile! How bright the hectic glow
    Of dying beauty on thy cheek so fair!
    [...]
    https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2022/10/to-october-william-curtis.html

    Quite outstanding, as usual...

    Agreed and seconded.

    🙂

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