On Sunday, November 5, 2023 at 1:00:55 AM UTC-4, Michael Pendragon wrote:
> On Saturday, November 4, 2023 at 10:22:16 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> > General-Zod wrote:
> >
> > > Will Dockery wrote:
> >
> > >> General-Zod wrote:
> > >>> Will Dockery wrote:
> > >
> > >>> > Zod served his country in the Navy.
> > >>>
> > >>> > Agreed?
> > >>>
> > >>> I absolutely did, four years in the regular Navy and a year and a half in the Reserves...
> >
> > >> I know this for a fact.
> >
> > > I thank you for setting record straight...!
> >
> > > Case closed...
> > It should be by now.
> If you want to close it with a total lack of evidence, that's up to you.
>
> Lacking any evidence

Do you have any evidence that proves that you were in the Navy?

On Sunday, November 5, 2023 at 1:29:09 AM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> On Sunday, November 5, 2023 at 1:00:55 AM UTC-4, Michael Pendragon wrote:
> > On Saturday, November 4, 2023 at 10:22:16 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> > > General-Zod wrote:
> > >
> > > > Will Dockery wrote:
> > >
> > > >> General-Zod wrote:
> > > >>> Will Dockery wrote:
> > > >
> > > >>> > Zod served his country in the Navy.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> > Agreed?
> > > >>>
> > > >>> I absolutely did, four years in the regular Navy and a year and a half in the Reserves...
> > >
> > > >> I know this for a fact.
> > >
> > > > I thank you for setting record straight...!
> > >
> > > > Case closed...
> > > It should be by now.
> > If you want to close it with a total lack of evidence, that's up to you..
> >
> > Lacking any evidence
> Do you have any evidence that proves that you were in the Navy?

Yes, I do. Photos, and Discharge Papers.

But I have no need to prove that I was ever in the Navy. I'm here as a poet and small press publisher. I can provide links to my publications/publication history, and my poetry speaks for itself.

Michael Pendragon
"It is my retirement....... Nothing more or less................ "
-- George "Stink" Sulzbach, career pissbum
https://imgur.com/gallery/bMGm5SM
https://imgur.com/a/Foxnrzx
https://imgur.com/a/7c0WITn

On Sunday, November 5, 2023 at 1:10:36 AM UTC-5, Michael Pendragon wrote:
> On Sunday, November 5, 2023 at 1:29:09 AM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> > On Sunday, November 5, 2023 at 1:00:55 AM UTC-4, Zod wrote:
> > > On Saturday, November 4, 2023 at 10:22:16 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
>
> > > > >>> > Zod served his country in the Navy.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> > Agreed?
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> I absolutely did, four years in the regular Navy and a year and a half in the Reserves...
> > > >
> > > > >> I know this for a fact.
> > > >
> > > > > I thank you for setting record straight...!
> > > >
> > > > > Case closed...
> > > > It should be by now.
> > > If you want to close it with a total lack of evidence, that's up to you.
> > >
> > > Lacking any evidence
> > Do you have any evidence that proves that you were in the Navy?
> Yes, I do. Photos, and Discharge Papers

Did you post proof of that here already!

😃

Will Dockery wrote:
> Faraway Star wrote:
> > Will Dockery wrote:
>
> >> Wrong again, Pendragon.
> >>
> >> I had plenty to say about John Berryman and his poetry:
> >> > > > 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.
> >>
> >> HTH and HAND.
>
> > Good read...!
> Again, agreed.

Hi Doc, quite rightly..!

Faraway Star wrote:
> Will Dockery 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.
>> >>
>> >> HTH and HAND.
>

> Hi Doc, quite rightly..!

Good evening my friend.

🙂

General-Zod wrote:

> Will Dockery wrote:
>> Faraway Star wrote:
>> > Will Dockery wrote:
>
>> >> Wrong again, Pendragon.
>> >>
>> >> I had plenty to say about John Berryman and his poetry:
>> >> > > > 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.
>> >>
>> >> HTH and HAND.
>>
>> > Good read...!
>> Again, agreed.

> Hi Doc, quite rightly..!

Good morning my friend, remember to try to skip and ignore the malicious attack and stalker posts by the trolls NancyGene and Pendragon, if possible.

HTH and HAND.

Will Dockery 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.

Good back story on one of my very fave poets...