Will Dockery wrote:
> Changes wrote:
> > VizantOr* wrote:
>
> > > Life, friends, is boring. We must not say so.
> > > After all, the sky flashes, the great sea yearns,
> > > we ourselves flash and yearn,
> > > and moreover my mother told me as a boy
> > > (repeatingly) 'Ever to confess you're bored
> > > means you have no
> > >
> > > Inner Resources.' I conclude now I have no
> > > inner resources, because I am heavy bored.
> > > Peoples bore me,
> > > literature bores me, especially great literature,
> > > Henry bores me, with his plights & gripes
> > > as bad as achilles,
> > >
> > > who loves people and valiant art, which bores me.
> > > And the tranquil hills, & gin, look like a drag
> > > and somehow a dog
> > > has taken itself & its tail considerably away
> > > into mountains or sea or sky, leaving
> > > behind: me, wag.
> > >
> > > *John Berryman*
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > { ::: http://vizantor.chez.com
> > > ::: http://www.amazon.fr/-/e/B00X62TXC0 }*
> >
> > http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/john-berryman
> John Berryman has been a favorite of mine for a few years, after the excellent critic Rick Howe compared my poetry to his, back in 1989:
>
> http://alt.arts.poetry.comments.narkive.com/lwAUsChD/john-berryman-comparison
>
> This is interesting (to me, at least).
>
> I came across this nice quote about my poetry which I will use, that was really insightful and thus a good help.
>
> "In style and temperament, William Dockery's poetry is a little like that of John Berryman - cf., The Dream Songs. A basically sensitive but slightly discombobulated... self, in the way in which a poet like William Dockery understands it, is essentially a myth." -From William Dockery's New Poems (critique by Rick Howe) circa 1989
>
> https://groups.google.com/forum/embed/#!topic/alt.arts.poetry.comments/hCmeK1z1cj4
>
> About John Berryman, from Wikipedia:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Berryman
>
> John Allyn Berryman (October 25, 1914 - January 7, 1972) was an American poet and scholar, born in McAlester, Oklahoma. He was a major figure in American poetry in the second half of the 20th century and was considered a key figure in the Confessional school of poetry, though when he was asked about being a confessional poet, he replied, "with rage and contempt." His best-known work is The Dream Songs.
>
> And... so it goes.

Cool back story...!

Faraway Star wrote:

> Will Dockery wrote:
>> Changes wrote:
>> > VizantOr* wrote:
>>
>> > > Life, friends, is boring. We must not say so.
>> > > After all, the sky flashes, the great sea yearns,
>> > > we ourselves flash and yearn,
>> > > and moreover my mother told me as a boy
>> > > (repeatingly) 'Ever to confess you're bored
>> > > means you have no
>> > >
>> > > Inner Resources.' I conclude now I have no
>> > > inner resources, because I am heavy bored.
>> > > Peoples bore me,
>> > > literature bores me, especially great literature,
>> > > Henry bores me, with his plights & gripes
>> > > as bad as achilles,
>> > >
>> > > who loves people and valiant art, which bores me.
>> > > And the tranquil hills, & gin, look like a drag
>> > > and somehow a dog
>> > > has taken itself & its tail considerably away
>> > > into mountains or sea or sky, leaving
>> > > behind: me, wag.
>> > >
>> > > *John Berryman*
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > { ::: http://vizantor.chez.com
>> > > ::: http://www.amazon.fr/-/e/B00X62TXC0 }*
>> >
>> > http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/john-berryman
>> John Berryman has been a favorite of mine for a few years, after the excellent critic Rick Howe compared my poetry to his, back in 1989:
>>
>> http://alt.arts.poetry.comments.narkive.com/lwAUsChD/john-berryman-comparison
>>
>> This is interesting (to me, at least).
>>
>> I came across this nice quote about my poetry which I will use, that was really insightful and thus a good help.
>>
>> "In style and temperament, William Dockery's poetry is a little like that of John Berryman - cf., The Dream Songs. A basically sensitive but slightly discombobulated... self, in the way in which a poet like William Dockery understands it, is essentially a myth." -From William Dockery's New Poems (critique by Rick Howe) circa 1989
>>
>> https://groups.google.com/forum/embed/#!topic/alt.arts.poetry.comments/hCmeK1z1cj4
>>
>> About John Berryman, from Wikipedia:
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Berryman
>>
>> John Allyn Berryman (October 25, 1914 - January 7, 1972) was an American poet and scholar, born in McAlester, Oklahoma. He was a major figure in American poetry in the second half of the 20th century and was considered a key figure in the Confessional school of poetry, though when he was asked about being a confessional poet, he replied, "with rage and contempt." His best-known work is The Dream Songs.
>>
>> And... so it goes.

> Cool back story...!

John Berryman was an interesting character, no doubt.

Faraway Star wrote:

> Will Dockery wrote:
>> Changes wrote:
>> > VizantOr* wrote:
>>
>> > > Life, friends, is boring. We must not say so.
>> > > After all, the sky flashes, the great sea yearns,
>> > > we ourselves flash and yearn,
>> > > and moreover my mother told me as a boy
>> > > (repeatingly) 'Ever to confess you're bored
>> > > means you have no
>> > >
>> > > Inner Resources.' I conclude now I have no
>> > > inner resources, because I am heavy bored.
>> > > Peoples bore me,
>> > > literature bores me, especially great literature,
>> > > Henry bores me, with his plights & gripes
>> > > as bad as achilles,
>> > >
>> > > who loves people and valiant art, which bores me.
>> > > And the tranquil hills, & gin, look like a drag
>> > > and somehow a dog
>> > > has taken itself & its tail considerably away
>> > > into mountains or sea or sky, leaving
>> > > behind: me, wag.
>> > >
>> > > *John Berryman*
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > { ::: http://vizantor.chez.com
>> > > ::: http://www.amazon.fr/-/e/B00X62TXC0 }*
>> >
>> > http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/john-berryman
>> John Berryman has been a favorite of mine for a few years, after the excellent critic Rick Howe compared my poetry to his, back in 1989:
>>
>> http://alt.arts.poetry.comments.narkive.com/lwAUsChD/john-berryman-comparison
>>
>> This is interesting (to me, at least).
>>
>> I came across this nice quote about my poetry which I will use, that was really insightful and thus a good help.
>>
>> "In style and temperament, William Dockery's poetry is a little like that of John Berryman - cf., The Dream Songs. A basically sensitive but slightly discombobulated... self, in the way in which a poet like William Dockery understands it, is essentially a myth." -From William Dockery's New Poems (critique by Rick Howe) circa 1989
>>
>> https://groups.google.com/forum/embed/#!topic/alt.arts.poetry.comments/hCmeK1z1cj4
>>
>> About John Berryman, from Wikipedia:
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Berryman
>>
>> John Allyn Berryman (October 25, 1914 - January 7, 1972) was an American poet and scholar, born in McAlester, Oklahoma. He was a major figure in American poetry in the second half of the 20th century and was considered a key figure in the Confessional school of poetry, though when he was asked about being a confessional poet, he replied, "with rage and contempt." His best-known work is The Dream Songs.
>>
>> And... so it goes.

> Cool back story...!

Again, agreed.

😃

Faraway Star wrote:

> Will Dockery wrote:
>> Changes wrote:
>> > VizantOr* wrote:
>>
>> > > Life, friends, is boring. We must not say so.
>> > > After all, the sky flashes, the great sea yearns,
>> > > we ourselves flash and yearn,
>> > > and moreover my mother told me as a boy
>> > > (repeatingly) 'Ever to confess you're bored
>> > > means you have no
>> > >
>> > > Inner Resources.' I conclude now I have no
>> > > inner resources, because I am heavy bored.
>> > > Peoples bore me,
>> > > literature bores me, especially great literature,
>> > > Henry bores me, with his plights & gripes
>> > > as bad as achilles,
>> > >
>> > > who loves people and valiant art, which bores me.
>> > > And the tranquil hills, & gin, look like a drag
>> > > and somehow a dog
>> > > has taken itself & its tail considerably away
>> > > into mountains or sea or sky, leaving
>> > > behind: me, wag.
>> > >
>> > > *John Berryman*
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > { ::: http://vizantor.chez.com
>> > > ::: http://www.amazon.fr/-/e/B00X62TXC0 }*
>> >
>> > http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/john-berryman
>> John Berryman has been a favorite of mine for a few years, after the excellent critic Rick Howe compared my poetry to his, back in 1989:
>>
>> http://alt.arts.poetry.comments.narkive.com/lwAUsChD/john-berryman-comparison
>>
>> This is interesting (to me, at least).
>>
>> I came across this nice quote about my poetry which I will use, that was really insightful and thus a good help.
>>
>> "In style and temperament, William Dockery's poetry is a little like that of John Berryman - cf., The Dream Songs. A basically sensitive but slightly discombobulated... self, in the way in which a poet like William Dockery understands it, is essentially a myth." -From William Dockery's New Poems (critique by Rick Howe) circa 1989
>>
>> https://groups.google.com/forum/embed/#!topic/alt.arts.poetry.comments/hCmeK1z1cj4
>>
>> About John Berryman, from Wikipedia:
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Berryman
>>
>> John Allyn Berryman (October 25, 1914 - January 7, 1972) was an American poet and scholar, born in McAlester, Oklahoma. He was a major figure in American poetry in the second half of the 20th century and was considered a key figure in the Confessional school of poetry, though when he was asked about being a confessional poet, he replied, "with rage and contempt." His best-known work is The Dream Songs.
>>
>> And... so it goes.

> Cool back story...!

Again, agreed.

Will Dockery wrote:

> Faraway Star wrote:

>> Will Dockery wrote:
>>> Changes wrote:
>>> > VizantOr* wrote:
>>>
>>> > > Life, friends, is boring. We must not say so.
>>> > > After all, the sky flashes, the great sea yearns,
>>> > > we ourselves flash and yearn,
>>> > > and moreover my mother told me as a boy
>>> > > (repeatingly) 'Ever to confess you're bored
>>> > > means you have no
>>> > >
>>> > > Inner Resources.' I conclude now I have no
>>> > > inner resources, because I am heavy bored.
>>> > > Peoples bore me,
>>> > > literature bores me, especially great literature,
>>> > > Henry bores me, with his plights & gripes
>>> > > as bad as achilles,
>>> > >
>>> > > who loves people and valiant art, which bores me.
>>> > > And the tranquil hills, & gin, look like a drag
>>> > > and somehow a dog
>>> > > has taken itself & its tail considerably away
>>> > > into mountains or sea or sky, leaving
>>> > > behind: me, wag.
>>> > >
>>> > > *John Berryman*
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > > --
>>> > > { ::: http://vizantor.chez.com
>>> > > ::: http://www.amazon.fr/-/e/B00X62TXC0 }*
>>> >
>>> > http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/john-berryman
>>> John Berryman has been a favorite of mine for a few years, after the excellent critic Rick Howe compared my poetry to his, back in 1989:
>>>
>>> http://alt.arts.poetry.comments.narkive.com/lwAUsChD/john-berryman-comparison
>>>
>>> This is interesting (to me, at least).
>>>
>>> I came across this nice quote about my poetry which I will use, that was really insightful and thus a good help.
>>>
>>> "In style and temperament, William Dockery's poetry is a little like that of John Berryman - cf., The Dream Songs. A basically sensitive but slightly discombobulated... self, in the way in which a poet like William Dockery understands it, is essentially a myth." -From William Dockery's New Poems (critique by Rick Howe) circa 1989
>>>
>>> https://groups.google.com/forum/embed/#!topic/alt.arts.poetry.comments/hCmeK1z1cj4
>>>
>>> About John Berryman, from Wikipedia:
>>>
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Berryman
>>>
>>> John Allyn Berryman (October 25, 1914 - January 7, 1972) was an American poet and scholar, born in McAlester, Oklahoma. He was a major figure in American poetry in the second half of the 20th century and was considered a key figure in the Confessional school of poetry, though when he was asked about being a confessional poet, he replied, "with rage and contempt." His best-known work is The Dream Songs.
>>>
>>> And... so it goes.

>> Cool back story...!

> John Berryman was an interesting character, no doubt.

I daresay I agree,,!

Faraway Star wrote:

> Will Dockery wrote:
>> Changes wrote:
>>> VizantOr* wrote:
>
>>>> > > Life, friends, is boring. We must not say so.
>>>> > > After all, the sky flashes, the great sea yearns,
>>>> > > we ourselves flash and yearn,
>>>> > > and moreover my mother told me as a boy
>>>> > > (repeatingly) 'Ever to confess you're bored
>>>> > > means you have no
>>>> > >
>>>> > > Inner Resources.' I conclude now I have no
>>>> > > inner resources, because I am heavy bored.
>>>> > > Peoples bore me,
>>>> > > literature bores me, especially great literature,
>>>> > > Henry bores me, with his plights & gripes
>>>> > > as bad as achilles,
>>>> > >
>>>> > > who loves people and valiant art, which bores me.
>>>> > > And the tranquil hills, & gin, look like a drag
>>>> > > and somehow a dog
>>>> > > has taken itself & its tail considerably away
>>>> > > into mountains or sea or sky, leaving
>>>> > > behind: me, wag.
>>>> > >
>>>> > > *John Berryman*
>>>> > >
>>>> > >
>>>> > > --
>>>> > > { ::: http://vizantor.chez.com
>>>> > > ::: http://www.amazon.fr/-/e/B00X62TXC0 }*
>>>> >
>>>> > http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/john-berryman
>>>> John Berryman has been a favorite of mine for a few years, after the excellent critic Rick Howe compared my poetry to his, back in 1989:
>>>>
>>>> http://alt.arts.poetry.comments.narkive.com/lwAUsChD/john-berryman-comparison
>>>>
>>>> This is interesting (to me, at least).
>>>>
>>>> I came across this nice quote about my poetry which I will use, that was really insightful and thus a good help.
>>>>
>>>> "In style and temperament, William Dockery's poetry is a little like that of John Berryman - cf., The Dream Songs. A basically sensitive but slightly discombobulated... self, in the way in which a poet like William Dockery understands it, is essentially a myth." -From William Dockery's New Poems (critique by Rick Howe) circa 1989
>>>>
>>>> https://groups.google.com/forum/embed/#!topic/alt.arts.poetry.comments/hCmeK1z1cj4
>>>>
>>>> About John Berryman, from Wikipedia:
>>>>
>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Berryman
>>>>
>>>> John Allyn Berryman (October 25, 1914 - January 7, 1972) was an American poet and scholar, born in McAlester, Oklahoma. He was a major figure in American poetry in the second half of the 20th century and was considered a key figure in the Confessional school of poetry, though when he was asked about being a confessional poet, he replied, "with rage and contempt." His best-known work is The Dream Songs.
>

> I daresay I agree,,!

Good evening, Berryman's a long time favorite.

:)

Faraway Star wrote:

> Will Dockery wrote:
>> Changes wrote:
>> > VizantOr* wrote:
>>
>> > > Life, friends, is boring. We must not say so.
>> > > After all, the sky flashes, the great sea yearns,
>> > > we ourselves flash and yearn,
>> > > and moreover my mother told me as a boy
>> > > (repeatingly) 'Ever to confess you're bored
>> > > means you have no
>> > >
>> > > Inner Resources.' I conclude now I have no
>> > > inner resources, because I am heavy bored.
>> > > Peoples bore me,
>> > > literature bores me, especially great literature,
>> > > Henry bores me, with his plights & gripes
>> > > as bad as achilles,
>> > >
>> > > who loves people and valiant art, which bores me.
>> > > And the tranquil hills, & gin, look like a drag
>> > > and somehow a dog
>> > > has taken itself & its tail considerably away
>> > > into mountains or sea or sky, leaving
>> > > behind: me, wag.
>> > >
>> > > *John Berryman*
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > { ::: http://vizantor.chez.com
>> > > ::: http://www.amazon.fr/-/e/B00X62TXC0 }*
>> >
>> > http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/john-berryman
>> John Berryman has been a favorite of mine for a few years, after the excellent critic Rick Howe compared my poetry to his, back in 1989:
>>
>> http://alt.arts.poetry.comments.narkive.com/lwAUsChD/john-berryman-comparison
>>
>> This is interesting (to me, at least).
>>
>> I came across this nice quote about my poetry which I will use, that was really insightful and thus a good help.
>>
>> "In style and temperament, William Dockery's poetry is a little like that of John Berryman - cf., The Dream Songs. A basically sensitive but slightly discombobulated... self, in the way in which a poet like William Dockery understands it, is essentially a myth." -From William Dockery's New Poems (critique by Rick Howe) circa 1989
>>
>> https://groups.google.com/forum/embed/#!topic/alt.arts.poetry.comments/hCmeK1z1cj4
>>
>> About John Berryman, from Wikipedia:
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Berryman
>>
>> John Allyn Berryman (October 25, 1914 - January 7, 1972) was an American poet and scholar, born in McAlester, Oklahoma. He was a major figure in American poetry in the second half of the 20th century and was considered a key figure in the Confessional school of poetry, though when he was asked about being a confessional poet, he replied, "with rage and contempt." His best-known work is The Dream Songs.
>>
>> And... so it goes.

> Cool back story...!

Good morning, again, agreed.

🙂

Will Dockery wrote:

> Faraway Star wrote:

>> Will Dockery wrote:
>>> Changes wrote:
>>> > VizantOr* wrote:
>>>
>>> > > Life, friends, is boring. We must not say so.
>>> > > After all, the sky flashes, the great sea yearns,
>>> > > we ourselves flash and yearn,
>>> > > and moreover my mother told me as a boy
>>> > > (repeatingly) 'Ever to confess you're bored
>>> > > means you have no
>>> > >
>>> > > Inner Resources.' I conclude now I have no
>>> > > inner resources, because I am heavy bored.
>>> > > Peoples bore me,
>>> > > literature bores me, especially great literature,
>>> > > Henry bores me, with his plights & gripes
>>> > > as bad as achilles,
>>> > >
>>> > > who loves people and valiant art, which bores me.
>>> > > And the tranquil hills, & gin, look like a drag
>>> > > and somehow a dog
>>> > > has taken itself & its tail considerably away
>>> > > into mountains or sea or sky, leaving
>>> > > behind: me, wag.
>>> > >
>>> > > *John Berryman*
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > > --
>>> > > { ::: http://vizantor.chez.com
>>> > > ::: http://www.amazon.fr/-/e/B00X62TXC0 }*
>>> >
>>> > http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/john-berryman
>>> John Berryman has been a favorite of mine for a few years, after the excellent critic Rick Howe compared my poetry to his, back in 1989:
>>>
>>> http://alt.arts.poetry.comments.narkive.com/lwAUsChD/john-berryman-comparison
>>>
>>> This is interesting (to me, at least).
>>>
>>> I came across this nice quote about my poetry which I will use, that was really insightful and thus a good help.
>>>
>>> "In style and temperament, William Dockery's poetry is a little like that of John Berryman - cf., The Dream Songs. A basically sensitive but slightly discombobulated... self, in the way in which a poet like William Dockery understands it, is essentially a myth." -From William Dockery's New Poems (critique by Rick Howe) circa 1989
>>>
>>> https://groups.google.com/forum/embed/#!topic/alt.arts.poetry.comments/hCmeK1z1cj4
>>>
>>> About John Berryman, from Wikipedia:
>>>
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Berryman
>>>
>>> John Allyn Berryman (October 25, 1914 - January 7, 1972) was an American poet and scholar, born in McAlester, Oklahoma. He was a major figure in American poetry in the second half of the 20th century and was considered a key figure in the Confessional school of poetry, though when he was asked about being a confessional poet, he replied, "with rage and contempt." His best-known work is The Dream Songs.
>>>
>>> And... so it goes.

>> Cool back story...!

> John Berryman was an interesting character, no doubt.

One of my top fave poets...

General-Zod wrote:

> Will Dockery wrote:

>> Faraway Star wrote:

>>> Will Dockery wrote:
>>>> Changes wrote:
>>>> > VizantOr* wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > > Life, friends, is boring. We must not say so.
>>>> > > After all, the sky flashes, the great sea yearns,
>>>> > > we ourselves flash and yearn,
>>>> > > and moreover my mother told me as a boy
>>>> > > (repeatingly) 'Ever to confess you're bored
>>>> > > means you have no
>>>> > >
>>>> > > Inner Resources.' I conclude now I have no
>>>> > > inner resources, because I am heavy bored.
>>>> > > Peoples bore me,
>>>> > > literature bores me, especially great literature,
>>>> > > Henry bores me, with his plights & gripes
>>>> > > as bad as achilles,
>>>> > >
>>>> > > who loves people and valiant art, which bores me.
>>>> > > And the tranquil hills, & gin, look like a drag
>>>> > > and somehow a dog
>>>> > > has taken itself & its tail considerably away
>>>> > > into mountains or sea or sky, leaving
>>>> > > behind: me, wag.
>>>> > >
>>>> > > *John Berryman*
>>>> > >
>>>> > >
>>>> > > --
>>>> > > { ::: http://vizantor.chez.com
>>>> > > ::: http://www.amazon.fr/-/e/B00X62TXC0 }*
>>>> >
>>>> > http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/john-berryman
>>>> John Berryman has been a favorite of mine for a few years, after the excellent critic Rick Howe compared my poetry to his, back in 1989:
>>>>
>>>> http://alt.arts.poetry.comments.narkive.com/lwAUsChD/john-berryman-comparison
>>>>
>>>> This is interesting (to me, at least).
>>>>
>>>> I came across this nice quote about my poetry which I will use, that was really insightful and thus a good help.
>>>>
>>>> "In style and temperament, William Dockery's poetry is a little like that of John Berryman - cf., The Dream Songs. A basically sensitive but slightly discombobulated... self, in the way in which a poet like William Dockery understands it, is essentially a myth." -From William Dockery's New Poems (critique by Rick Howe) circa 1989
>>>>
>>>> https://groups.google.com/forum/embed/#!topic/alt.arts.poetry.comments/hCmeK1z1cj4
>>>>
>>>> About John Berryman, from Wikipedia:
>>>>
>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Berryman
>>>>
>>>> John Allyn Berryman (October 25, 1914 - January 7, 1972) was an American poet and scholar, born in McAlester, Oklahoma. He was a major figure in American poetry in the second half of the 20th century and was considered a key figure in the Confessional school of poetry, though when he was asked about being a confessional poet, he replied, "with rage and contempt." His best-known work is The Dream Songs.
>>>>
>>>> And... so it goes.

>>> Cool back story...!

>> John Berryman was an interesting character, no doubt.

> One of my top fave poets...

Good evening, agreed.