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Subject: Re: Long May You Live / c&c
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by: Will Dockery - Sat, 1 Apr 2023 05:00 UTC

Michael Pendragon wrote:

> On Tuesday, March 28, 2023 at 5:24:22 PM UTC-4, George Dance wrote:
>> On Tuesday, March 28, 2023 at 4:35:13 PM UTC-4, General-Zod wrote:
>> > Will Dockery wrote:
>> > > Zod wrote:
>> > >> George Dance wrote:
>> > >>>
>> > >>> Long may you live
>> > >>>
>> > >>> for K.K.
>> > >>>
>> > >>> Long may you live, long after I am gone,
>> > >>> And may you always keep your thoughts upon
>> > >>> Our memories; may the good times you and I
>> > >>> Once had be points of light to journey by,
>> > >>> Like fireflies upon a twilit lawn.
>> > >>>
>> > >>> May each day find you welcoming the dawn
>> > >>> And living life complete: a day to try,
>> > >>> To win, to celebrate with your head high.
>> > >>> Long may you live.
>> > >>>
>> > >>> May you walk in righteousness through Babylon,
>> > >>> True to yourself, not anybody's pawn;
>> > >>> And on that future day when you must die,
>> > >>> Once more may you remember me, and sigh,
>> > >>> And leave a wish for those who carry on:
>> > >>> "Long may you live."
>> >
>> > >> Good one, G.D.... kudos...!!
>> >
>> > > Agreed, NancyGene is doing a great job bringing these poems out of the archives.
>> > In other words Nancy G's troll gambit blew up in her face.... ha ha.
>> They're doing their best. If they keep googling the archives for posts by me labelled "c&c," they're bound to find some clunkers to try to embarrass me with. The downside, of course, is they're also going to find some very good poems, like this one. In the process, they're going to turn up evidence of how aapc used to be in a much better time.
>>
>> I've been reading the thread and enjoying the responses -- not just the praise, but also the criticism, which is all constructive rather than negative. No bleating about how it's "not a poem!", just attention to faulty lines. Which meant I listened to them, and ended up with an even better poem in the end:
>>
>> https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2016/02/long-may-you-live-george-j-dance.html

> We aren't trying to find lousy poems

I doubt that George expected you to admit it.

White dwarf seeks red giant for binary relationship.

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Re: Long May You Live / c&c	Will Dockery