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by: Will Dockery - Tue, 7 Feb 2023 16:52 UTC

On Friday, January 20, 2023 at 4:00:51 AM UTC-5, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
> On Thursday, January 19, 2023 at 10:10:14 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
> > George Dance wrote:
> >
> > > On Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 4:50:13 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
> > >
> > >> Winter Ghost (Taking A Time Out)
> > >>
> > >> I woke up the next morning
> > >> with freeze frame memories
> > >> in that February gloom.
> > >>
> > >> Stepped out of the
> > >> creepy boarding house
> > >> locked the door
> > >> to my little room.
> > >>
> > >> Walked across the park
> > >> to that little creek
> > >> I saw Paige across the way
> > >> roller skating on the ice.
> > >>
> > >> I had an awareness
> > >> of her copper colored eyes.
> > >>
> > >> interlude
> > >> from the days of love and rage.
> > >> She smiles through the mist
> > >> she turns the page.
> > >>
> > >> It was cold
> > >> the sky was grey
> > >> I lit my pipe
> > >> there was a little spark
> > >> of flame.
> > >>
> > >> Paige skated over
> > >> and sat next to me
> > >> by that old abandoned train.
> > >>
> > >> We talked of airwaves and poetry
> > >> and a mansion on the hill.
> > >>
> > >> But now
> > >> everything's changed
> > >> I don't even know how
> > >> I guess I never will.
> > >>
> > >> Taking a time out
> > >> from the love and rage
> > >> Paige waves sideways
> > >> as she skates away
> > >> she turns the page.
> > >>
> > >> It's been forty years now
> > >> I went back
> > >> and retraced my steps.
> > >>
> > >> Walked by and looked
> > >> where the old boarding house was
> > >> there was nothing of it left.
> > >>
> > >> I walked across the park
> > >> to that little creek
> > >> I sat down under
> > >> that same old tree.
> > >>
> > >> I felt a little tingle
> > >> in the air,
> > >> I felt like her ghost
> > >> was sitting there with me.
> > >>
> > >> Interlude
> > >> from the days of love and rage.
> > >>
> > >> Paige smiles at me
> > >> through the mist
> > >> like a winter ghost
> > >> then she fades away.
> > >>
> > >> -Will Dockery 2020
> > >>
> > >> ----
> > >> From the Shadowville Mythos poetry blog:
> > >> https://shadowville-mythos.blogspot.com/2021/04/taking-time-out-i-woke-up-next-morning.html
> > >>
> > >> (Reposted for George J. Dance)
> > Thanks for selecting this poem for the PPB, George.
>
> It's on the list for February. You may be happy to know that right now that list has only you and Edgar Allan Poe. (I've decided to use "To Helen" on Valentine's Day).
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Here, Senetto, since you're obviously confused already ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

HTH and HAND.

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by: W.Dockery - Tue, 7 Feb 2023 19:16 UTC

Edward Rochester Esq. wrote:

> On Tuesday, February 7, 2023 at 11:15:15 AM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
>> Zod wrote:
>>
>> > On Thursday, January 26, 2023 at 9:15:26 AM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
>> >> General-Zod wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Will Dockery wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Winter Ghost (Taking A Time Out)
>> >>
>> >> >> I woke up the next morning
>> >> >> with freeze frame memories
>> >> >> in that February gloom.
>> >>
>> >> >> Stepped out of the
>> >> >> creepy boarding house
>> >> >> locked the door
>> >> >> to my little room.
>> >>
>> >> >> Walked across the park
>> >> >> to that little creek
>> >> >> I saw Paige across the way
>> >> >> roller skating on the ice.
>> >>
>> >> >> I had an awareness
>> >> >> of her copper colored eyes.
>> >>
>> >> >> interlude
>> >> >> from the days of love and rage.
>> >> >> She smiles through the mist
>> >> >> she turns the page.
>> >>
>> >> >> It was cold
>> >> >> the sky was grey
>> >> >> I lit my pipe
>> >> >> there was a little spark
>> >> >> of flame.
>> >>
>> >> >> Paige skated over
>> >> >> and sat next to me
>> >> >> by that old abandoned train.
>> >>
>> >> >> We talked of airwaves and poetry
>> >> >> and a mansion on the hill.
>> >>
>> >> >> But now
>> >> >> everything's changed
>> >> >> I don't even know how
>> >> >> I guess I never will.
>> >>
>> >> >> Taking a time out
>> >> >> from the love and rage
>> >> >> Paige waves sideways
>> >> >> as she skates away
>> >> >> she turns the page.
>> >>
>> >> >> It's been forty years now
>> >> >> I went back
>> >> >> and retraced my steps.
>> >>
>> >> >> Walked by and looked
>> >> >> where the old boarding house was
>> >> >> there was nothing of it left.
>> >>
>> >> >> I walked across the park
>> >> >> to that little creek
>> >> >> I sat down under
>> >> >> that same old tree.
>> >>
>> >> >> I felt a little tingle
>> >> >> in the air,
>> >> >> I felt like her ghost
>> >> >> was sitting there with me.
>> >>
>> >> >> Interlude
>> >> >> from the days of love and rage.
>> >>
>> >> >> Paige smiles at me
>> >> >> through the mist
>> >> >> like a winter ghost
>> >> >> then she fades away.
>> >>
>> >> >> -Will Dockery 2020
>> >>
>> >> >> ----
>> >> >> From the Shadowville Mythos poetry blog:
>> >> >> https://shadowville-mythos.blogspot.com/2021/04/taking-time-out-i-woke-up-next-morning.html
>> >>
>> >> >> (Reposted for George J. Dance)
>> >> > Cool poem.... good choice......!
>> >>
>> >> Setting timelines, this poem took place in early 1981,: Atlanta Georgia.
>>
>> > Outstanding, makes sense now....
>> It was a grim time, in general.
>>
>> Thanks again for reading and commenting.

> The 'grim time' was fashioned by you

As usual, you have your timeline confused, Senetto.

HTH and HAND.

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by: Will Dockery - Tue, 7 Feb 2023 19:21 UTC

NancyGene wrote:

> On Tuesday, February 7, 2023 at 4:47:34 PM UTC, blackpo...@aol.com wrote:
>
>> "Has the date been set yet?"
>>
>>
>>
>> Mike and Sulzbach's wedding?

> That's a possibility

Only in your fantasies, NancyGene and Senetto.

HTH and HAND

(Moved from the troll thread)

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by: General-Zod - Tue, 7 Feb 2023 21:29 UTC

Will Dockery wrote:

> George J. Dance wrote:
>> Will Dockery wrote:
>> > George Dance wrote:
>> >>Will Dockery wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> Winter Ghost (Taking A Time Out)
>> > >>
>> > >> I woke up the next morning
>> > >> with freeze frame memories
>> > >> in that February gloom.
>> > >>
>> > >> Stepped out of the
>> > >> creepy boarding house
>> > >> locked the door
>> > >> to my little room.
>> > >>
>> > >> Walked across the park
>> > >> to that little creek
>> > >> I saw Paige across the way
>> > >> roller skating on the ice.
>> > >>
>> > >> I had an awareness
>> > >> of her copper colored eyes.
>> > >>
>> > >> interlude
>> > >> from the days of love and rage.
>> > >> She smiles through the mist
>> > >> she turns the page.
>> > >>
>> > >> It was cold
>> > >> the sky was grey
>> > >> I lit my pipe
>> > >> there was a little spark
>> > >> of flame.
>> > >>
>> > >> Paige skated over
>> > >> and sat next to me
>> > >> by that old abandoned train.
>> > >>
>> > >> We talked of airwaves and poetry
>> > >> and a mansion on the hill.
>> > >>
>> > >> But now
>> > >> everything's changed
>> > >> I don't even know how
>> > >> I guess I never will.
>> > >>
>> > >> Taking a time out
>> > >> from the love and rage
>> > >> Paige waves sideways
>> > >> as she skates away
>> > >> she turns the page.
>> > >>
>> > >> It's been forty years now
>> > >> I went back
>> > >> and retraced my steps.
>> > >>
>> > >> Walked by and looked
>> > >> where the old boarding house was
>> > >> there was nothing of it left.
>> > >>
>> > >> I walked across the park
>> > >> to that little creek
>> > >> I sat down under
>> > >> that same old tree.
>> > >>
>> > >> I felt a little tingle
>> > >> in the air,
>> > >> I felt like her ghost
>> > >> was sitting there with me.
>> > >>
>> > >> Interlude
>> > >> from the days of love and rage.
>> > >>
>> > >> Paige smiles at me
>> > >> through the mist
>> > >> like a winter ghost
>> > >> then she fades away.
>> > >>
>> > >> -Will Dockery 2020
>> > >>
>> > >> ----
>> > >> From the Shadowville Mythos poetry blog:
>> > >> https://shadowville-mythos.blogspot.com/2021/04/taking-time-out-i-woke-up-next-morning.html
>> > >>
>> > >> (Reposted for George J. Dance)
>> > Thanks for selecting this poem for the PPB, George.
>>
>> It's on the list for February. You may be happy to know that right now that list has only you and Edgar Allan Poe. (I've decided to use "To Helen" on Valentine's Day).
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

> Here, Senetto, since you're obviously confused already ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

> HTH and HAND.

Coole, I shall observe for that....!!

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by: W.Dockery - Tue, 7 Feb 2023 21:45 UTC

General-Zod wrote:

> Will Dockery wrote:

>> George J. Dance wrote:
>>> Will Dockery wrote:
>>> > George Dance wrote:
>>> >>Will Dockery wrote:
>>> > >
>>> > >> Winter Ghost (Taking A Time Out)
>>> > >>
>>> > >> I woke up the next morning
>>> > >> with freeze frame memories
>>> > >> in that February gloom.
>>> > >>
>>> > >> Stepped out of the
>>> > >> creepy boarding house
>>> > >> locked the door
>>> > >> to my little room.
>>> > >>
>>> > >> Walked across the park
>>> > >> to that little creek
>>> > >> I saw Paige across the way
>>> > >> roller skating on the ice.
>>> > >>
>>> > >> I had an awareness
>>> > >> of her copper colored eyes.
>>> > >>
>>> > >> interlude
>>> > >> from the days of love and rage.
>>> > >> She smiles through the mist
>>> > >> she turns the page.
>>> > >>
>>> > >> It was cold
>>> > >> the sky was grey
>>> > >> I lit my pipe
>>> > >> there was a little spark
>>> > >> of flame.
>>> > >>
>>> > >> Paige skated over
>>> > >> and sat next to me
>>> > >> by that old abandoned train.
>>> > >>
>>> > >> We talked of airwaves and poetry
>>> > >> and a mansion on the hill.
>>> > >>
>>> > >> But now
>>> > >> everything's changed
>>> > >> I don't even know how
>>> > >> I guess I never will.
>>> > >>
>>> > >> Taking a time out
>>> > >> from the love and rage
>>> > >> Paige waves sideways
>>> > >> as she skates away
>>> > >> she turns the page.
>>> > >>
>>> > >> It's been forty years now
>>> > >> I went back
>>> > >> and retraced my steps.
>>> > >>
>>> > >> Walked by and looked
>>> > >> where the old boarding house was
>>> > >> there was nothing of it left.
>>> > >>
>>> > >> I walked across the park
>>> > >> to that little creek
>>> > >> I sat down under
>>> > >> that same old tree.
>>> > >>
>>> > >> I felt a little tingle
>>> > >> in the air,
>>> > >> I felt like her ghost
>>> > >> was sitting there with me.
>>> > >>
>>> > >> Interlude
>>> > >> from the days of love and rage.
>>> > >>
>>> > >> Paige smiles at me
>>> > >> through the mist
>>> > >> like a winter ghost
>>> > >> then she fades away.
>>> > >>
>>> > >> -Will Dockery 2020
>>> > >>
>>> > >> ----
>>> > >> From the Shadowville Mythos poetry blog:
>>> > >> https://shadowville-mythos.blogspot.com/2021/04/taking-time-out-i-woke-up-next-morning.html
>>> > >>
>>> > >> (Reposted for George J. Dance)
>>> > Thanks for selecting this poem for the PPB, George.
>>>
>>> It's on the list for February. You may be happy to know that right now that list has only you and Edgar Allan Poe. (I've decided to use "To Helen" on Valentine's Day).
>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>> Here, Senetto, since you're obviously confused already ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>> HTH and HAND.

> Coole, I shall observe for that....!!

George Dance will post it sometime this month.

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by: Will Dockery - Tue, 7 Feb 2023 23:07 UTC

When is the poem scheduled to appear, George?

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by: George Dance - Wed, 8 Feb 2023 11:04 UTC

On Tuesday, February 7, 2023 at 6:07:50 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
> On Friday, January 20, 2023 at 4:00:51 AM UTC-5, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
> > On Thursday, January 19, 2023 at 10:10:14 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
> > > George Dance wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 4:50:13 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> Winter Ghost (Taking A Time Out)
> > > >>
> > > >> I woke up the next morning
> > > >> with freeze frame memories
> > > >> in that February gloom.
> > > >>
> > > >> Stepped out of the
> > > >> creepy boarding house
> > > >> locked the door
> > > >> to my little room.
> > > >>
> > > >> Walked across the park
> > > >> to that little creek
> > > >> I saw Paige across the way
> > > >> roller skating on the ice.
> > > >>
> > > >> I had an awareness
> > > >> of her copper colored eyes.
> > > >>
> > > >> interlude
> > > >> from the days of love and rage.
> > > >> She smiles through the mist
> > > >> she turns the page.
> > > >>
> > > >> It was cold
> > > >> the sky was grey
> > > >> I lit my pipe
> > > >> there was a little spark
> > > >> of flame.
> > > >>
> > > >> Paige skated over
> > > >> and sat next to me
> > > >> by that old abandoned train.
> > > >>
> > > >> We talked of airwaves and poetry
> > > >> and a mansion on the hill.
> > > >>
> > > >> But now
> > > >> everything's changed
> > > >> I don't even know how
> > > >> I guess I never will.
> > > >>
> > > >> Taking a time out
> > > >> from the love and rage
> > > >> Paige waves sideways
> > > >> as she skates away
> > > >> she turns the page.
> > > >>
> > > >> It's been forty years now
> > > >> I went back
> > > >> and retraced my steps.
> > > >>
> > > >> Walked by and looked
> > > >> where the old boarding house was
> > > >> there was nothing of it left.
> > > >>
> > > >> I walked across the park
> > > >> to that little creek
> > > >> I sat down under
> > > >> that same old tree.
> > > >>
> > > >> I felt a little tingle
> > > >> in the air,
> > > >> I felt like her ghost
> > > >> was sitting there with me.
> > > >>
> > > >> Interlude
> > > >> from the days of love and rage.
> > > >>
> > > >> Paige smiles at me
> > > >> through the mist
> > > >> like a winter ghost
> > > >> then she fades away.
> > > >>
> > > >> -Will Dockery 2020
> > > >>
> > > >> ----
> > > >> From the Shadowville Mythos poetry blog:
> > > >> https://shadowville-mythos.blogspot.com/2021/04/taking-time-out-i-woke-up-next-morning.html
> > > >>
> > > >> (Reposted for George J. Dance)
> > > Thanks for selecting this poem for the PPB, George.
> >
> > It's on the list for February. You may be happy to know that right now that list has only you and Edgar Allan Poe. (I've decided to use "To Helen" on Valentine's Day).
> When is the poem scheduled to appear, George?

This Saturday.

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by: Will Dockery - Wed, 8 Feb 2023 11:35 UTC

On Wednesday, February 8, 2023 at 6:04:06 AM UTC-5, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
> On Tuesday, February 7, 2023 at 6:07:50 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
> > On Friday, January 20, 2023 at 4:00:51 AM UTC-5, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
> > > On Thursday, January 19, 2023 at 10:10:14 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
> > > > George Dance wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 4:50:13 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >> Winter Ghost (Taking A Time Out)
> > > > >>
> > > > >> I woke up the next morning
> > > > >> with freeze frame memories
> > > > >> in that February gloom.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Stepped out of the
> > > > >> creepy boarding house
> > > > >> locked the door
> > > > >> to my little room.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Walked across the park
> > > > >> to that little creek
> > > > >> I saw Paige across the way
> > > > >> roller skating on the ice.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> I had an awareness
> > > > >> of her copper colored eyes.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> interlude
> > > > >> from the days of love and rage.
> > > > >> She smiles through the mist
> > > > >> she turns the page.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> It was cold
> > > > >> the sky was grey
> > > > >> I lit my pipe
> > > > >> there was a little spark
> > > > >> of flame.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Paige skated over
> > > > >> and sat next to me
> > > > >> by that old abandoned train.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> We talked of airwaves and poetry
> > > > >> and a mansion on the hill.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> But now
> > > > >> everything's changed
> > > > >> I don't even know how
> > > > >> I guess I never will.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Taking a time out
> > > > >> from the love and rage
> > > > >> Paige waves sideways
> > > > >> as she skates away
> > > > >> she turns the page.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> It's been forty years now
> > > > >> I went back
> > > > >> and retraced my steps.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Walked by and looked
> > > > >> where the old boarding house was
> > > > >> there was nothing of it left.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> I walked across the park
> > > > >> to that little creek
> > > > >> I sat down under
> > > > >> that same old tree.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> I felt a little tingle
> > > > >> in the air,
> > > > >> I felt like her ghost
> > > > >> was sitting there with me.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Interlude
> > > > >> from the days of love and rage.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Paige smiles at me
> > > > >> through the mist
> > > > >> like a winter ghost
> > > > >> then she fades away.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> -Will Dockery 2020
> > > > >>
> > > > >> ----
> > > > >> From the Shadowville Mythos poetry blog:
> > > > >> https://shadowville-mythos.blogspot.com/2021/04/taking-time-out-i-woke-up-next-morning.html
> > > > >>
> > > > >> (Reposted for George J. Dance)
> > > > Thanks for selecting this poem for the PPB, George.
> > >
> > > It's on the list for February. You may be happy to know that right now that list has only you and Edgar Allan Poe. (I've decided to use "To Helen" on Valentine's Day).
> > When is the poem scheduled to appear, George?
> This Saturday.

Hello there George, I knew it was coming soon, but didn't remember the exact time.

Thanks again.

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Cool, scooby doo that.....

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by: W.Dockery - Thu, 9 Feb 2023 02:34 UTC

Zod wrote:

> On Wednesday, February 8, 2023 at 6:04:06 AM UTC-5, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
>> On Tuesday, February 7, 2023 at 6:07:50 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
>> > On Friday, January 20, 2023 at 4:00:51 AM UTC-5, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
>> > > On Thursday, January 19, 2023 at 10:10:14 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
>> > > > George Dance wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > > On Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 4:50:13 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
>> > > > >
>> > > > >> Winter Ghost (Taking A Time Out)
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >> I woke up the next morning
>> > > > >> with freeze frame memories
>> > > > >> in that February gloom.
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >> Stepped out of the
>> > > > >> creepy boarding house
>> > > > >> locked the door
>> > > > >> to my little room.
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >> Walked across the park
>> > > > >> to that little creek
>> > > > >> I saw Paige across the way
>> > > > >> roller skating on the ice.
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >> I had an awareness
>> > > > >> of her copper colored eyes.
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >> interlude
>> > > > >> from the days of love and rage.
>> > > > >> She smiles through the mist
>> > > > >> she turns the page.
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >> It was cold
>> > > > >> the sky was grey
>> > > > >> I lit my pipe
>> > > > >> there was a little spark
>> > > > >> of flame.
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >> Paige skated over
>> > > > >> and sat next to me
>> > > > >> by that old abandoned train.
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >> We talked of airwaves and poetry
>> > > > >> and a mansion on the hill.
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >> But now
>> > > > >> everything's changed
>> > > > >> I don't even know how
>> > > > >> I guess I never will.
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >> Taking a time out
>> > > > >> from the love and rage
>> > > > >> Paige waves sideways
>> > > > >> as she skates away
>> > > > >> she turns the page.
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >> It's been forty years now
>> > > > >> I went back
>> > > > >> and retraced my steps.
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >> Walked by and looked
>> > > > >> where the old boarding house was
>> > > > >> there was nothing of it left.
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >> I walked across the park
>> > > > >> to that little creek
>> > > > >> I sat down under
>> > > > >> that same old tree.
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >> I felt a little tingle
>> > > > >> in the air,
>> > > > >> I felt like her ghost
>> > > > >> was sitting there with me.
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >> Interlude
>> > > > >> from the days of love and rage.
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >> Paige smiles at me
>> > > > >> through the mist
>> > > > >> like a winter ghost
>> > > > >> then she fades away.
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >> -Will Dockery 2020
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >> ----
>> > > > >> From the Shadowville Mythos poetry blog:
>> > > > >> https://shadowville-mythos.blogspot.com/2021/04/taking-time-out-i-woke-up-next-morning.html
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >> (Reposted for George J. Dance)
>> > > > Thanks for selecting this poem for the PPB, George.
>> > >
>> > > It's on the list for February. You may be happy to know that right now that list has only you and Edgar Allan Poe. (I've decided to use "To Helen" on Valentine's Day).
>> > When is the poem scheduled to appear, George?
>> This Saturday.

> Cool, scooby doo that.....

Good evening my friend.

🙂

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by: General-Zod - Thu, 9 Feb 2023 21:33 UTC

Will Dockery wrote:

> General-Zod wrote:

>> Will Dockery wrote:
>>> General-Zod wrote:

>>>> Will Dockery wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Winter Ghost (Taking A Time Out)

>>>>> I woke up the next morning
>>>>> with freeze frame memories
>>>>> in that February gloom.

>>>>> Stepped out of the
>>>>> creepy boarding house
>>>>> locked the door
>>>>> to my little room.

>>>>> Walked across the park
>>>>> to that little creek
>>>>> I saw Paige across the way
>>>>> roller skating on the ice.

>>>>> I had an awareness
>>>>> of her copper colored eyes.

>>>>> interlude
>>>>> from the days of love and rage.
>>>>> She smiles through the mist
>>>>> she turns the page.

>>>>> It was cold
>>>>> the sky was grey
>>>>> I lit my pipe
>>>>> there was a little spark
>>>>> of flame.

>>>>> Paige skated over
>>>>> and sat next to me
>>>>> by that old abandoned train.

>>>>> We talked of airwaves and poetry
>>>>> and a mansion on the hill.

>>>>> But now
>>>>> everything's changed
>>>>> I don't even know how
>>>>> I guess I never will.

>>>>> Taking a time out
>>>>> from the love and rage
>>>>> Paige waves sideways
>>>>> as she skates away
>>>>> she turns the page.

>>>>> It's been forty years now
>>>>> I went back
>>>>> and retraced my steps.

>>>>> Walked by and looked
>>>>> where the old boarding house was
>>>>> there was nothing of it left.

>>>>> I walked across the park
>>>>> to that little creek
>>>>> I sat down under
>>>>> that same old tree.

>>>>> I felt a little tingle
>>>>> in the air,
>>>>> I felt like her ghost
>>>>> was sitting there with me.

>>>>> Interlude
>>>>> from the days of love and rage.

>>>>> Paige smiles at me
>>>>> through the mist
>>>>> like a winter ghost
>>>>> then she fades away.

>>>>> -Will Dockery 2020

>>>>> ----
>>>>> From the Shadowville Mythos poetry blog:
>>>>> https://shadowville-mythos.blogspot.com/2021/04/taking-time-out-i-woke-up-next-morning.html

>>>>> (Reposted for George J. Dance)

>>>> Cool poem.... good choice......!

>>> Thanks for reading and commenting.

>> Outstandingly....!

> Good morning my friend, thanks again.

> 🙂

Good DAY to you....!!

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by: W-Dockery - Fri, 10 Feb 2023 00:26 UTC

General-Zod wrote:

>>> Will Dockery wrote:
>>>> General-Zod wrote:

>>>>> Will Dockery wrote:
>
>>>>>> Winter Ghost (Taking A Time Out)

>>>>>> I woke up the next morning
>>>>>> with freeze frame memories
>>>>>> in that February gloom.

>>>>>> Stepped out of the
>>>>>> creepy boarding house
>>>>>> locked the door
>>>>>> to my little room.

>>>>>> Walked across the park
>>>>>> to that little creek
>>>>>> I saw Paige across the way
>>>>>> roller skating on the ice.

>>>>>> I had an awareness
>>>>>> of her copper colored eyes.

>>>>>> interlude
>>>>>> from the days of love and rage.
>>>>>> She smiles through the mist
>>>>>> she turns the page.

>>>>>> It was cold
>>>>>> the sky was grey
>>>>>> I lit my pipe
>>>>>> there was a little spark
>>>>>> of flame.

>>>>>> Paige skated over
>>>>>> and sat next to me
>>>>>> by that old abandoned train.

>>>>>> We talked of airwaves and poetry
>>>>>> and a mansion on the hill.

>>>>>> But now
>>>>>> everything's changed
>>>>>> I don't even know how
>>>>>> I guess I never will.

>>>>>> Taking a time out
>>>>>> from the love and rage
>>>>>> Paige waves sideways
>>>>>> as she skates away
>>>>>> she turns the page.

>>>>>> It's been forty years now
>>>>>> I went back
>>>>>> and retraced my steps.

>>>>>> Walked by and looked
>>>>>> where the old boarding house was
>>>>>> there was nothing of it left.

>>>>>> I walked across the park
>>>>>> to that little creek
>>>>>> I sat down under
>>>>>> that same old tree.

>>>>>> I felt a little tingle
>>>>>> in the air,
>>>>>> I felt like her ghost
>>>>>> was sitting there with me.

>>>>>> Interlude
>>>>>> from the days of love and rage.

>>>>>> Paige smiles at me
>>>>>> through the mist
>>>>>> like a winter ghost
>>>>>> then she fades away.

>>>>>> -Will Dockery 2020

>>>>>> ----
>>>>>> From the Shadowville Mythos poetry blog:
>>>>>> https://shadowville-mythos.blogspot.com/2021/04/taking-time-out-i-woke-up-next-morning.html

>>>>>> (Reposted for George J. Dance)

>>>>> Cool poem.... good choice......!

>>>> Thanks for reading and commenting.

>>>

>>> Outstandingly....!

>> Good morning my friend, thanks again.

> Good DAY to you....!!

Hello again, Zod.

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by: W.Dockery - Sat, 29 Jul 2023 17:52 UTC

General-Zod wrote:

> Will Dockery wrote:
>>
>> Winter Ghost (Taking A Time Out)

>> I woke up the next morning
>> with freeze frame memories
>> in that February gloom.

>> Stepped out of the
>> creepy boarding house
>> locked the door
>> to my little room.

>> Walked across the park
>> to that little creek
>> I saw Paige across the way
>> roller skating on the ice.

>> I had an awareness
>> of her copper colored eyes.

>> interlude
>> from the days of love and rage.
>> She smiles through the mist
>> she turns the page.

>> It was cold
>> the sky was grey
>> I lit my pipe
>> there was a little spark
>> of flame.

>> Paige skated over
>> and sat next to me
>> by that old abandoned train.

>> We talked of airwaves and poetry
>> and a mansion on the hill.

>> But now
>> everything's changed
>> I don't even know how
>> I guess I never will.

>> Taking a time out
>> from the love and rage
>> Paige waves sideways
>> as she skates away
>> she turns the page.

>> It's been forty years now
>> I went back
>> and retraced my steps.

>> Walked by and looked
>> where the old boarding house was
>> there was nothing of it left.

>> I walked across the park
>> to that little creek
>> I sat down under
>> that same old tree.

>> I felt a little tingle
>> in the air,
>> I felt like her ghost
>> was sitting there with me.

>> Interlude
>> from the days of love and rage.

>> Paige smiles at me
>> through the mist
>> like a winter ghost
>> then she fades away.

>> -Will Dockery 2020

>> ----
>> From the Shadowville Mythos poetry blog:
>> https://shadowville-mythos.blogspot.com/2021/04/taking-time-out-i-woke-up-next-morning.html

>> (Reposted for George J. Dance)

> Cool poem.... good choice......!

Thanks again for reading and nodding.

🙂

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by: W.Dockery - Wed, 21 Feb 2024 14:49 UTC

General-Zod wrote:

> George Dance wrote:

>> On Thursday, January 19, 2024 at 10:10:14 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
>>> George Dance wrote:
>>>
>>> > On Tuesday, January 10, 2024 at 4:50:13 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
>
>>> >> Winter Ghost (Taking A Time Out)
>>> >>
>>> >> I woke up the next morning
>>> >> with freeze frame memories
>>> >> in that February gloom.
>>> >>
>>> >> Stepped out of the
>>> >> creepy boarding house
>>> >> locked the door
>>> >> to my little room.
>>> >>
>>> >> Walked across the park
>>> >> to that little creek
>>> >> I saw Paige across the way
>>> >> roller skating on the ice.
>>> >>
>>> >> I had an awareness
>>> >> of her copper colored eyes.
>>> >>
>>> >> interlude
>>> >> from the days of love and rage.
>>> >> She smiles through the mist
>>> >> she turns the page.
>>> >>
>>> >> It was cold
>>> >> the sky was grey
>>> >> I lit my pipe
>>> >> there was a little spark
>>> >> of flame.
>>> >>
>>> >> Paige skated over
>>> >> and sat next to me
>>> >> by that old abandoned train.
>>> >>
>>> >> We talked of airwaves and poetry
>>> >> and a mansion on the hill.
>>> >>
>>> >> But now
>>> >> everything's changed
>>> >> I don't even know how
>>> >> I guess I never will.
>>> >>
>>> >> Taking a time out
>>> >> from the love and rage
>>> >> Paige waves sideways
>>> >> as she skates away
>>> >> she turns the page.
>>> >>
>>> >> It's been forty years now
>>> >> I went back
>>> >> and retraced my steps.
>>> >>
>>> >> Walked by and looked
>>> >> where the old boarding house was
>>> >> there was nothing of it left.
>>> >>
>>> >> I walked across the park
>>> >> to that little creek
>>> >> I sat down under
>>> >> that same old tree.
>>> >>
>>> >> I felt a little tingle
>>> >> in the air,
>>> >> I felt like her ghost
>>> >> was sitting there with me.
>>> >>
>>> >> Interlude
>>> >> from the days of love and rage.
>>> >>
>>> >> Paige smiles at me
>>> >> through the mist
>>> >> like a winter ghost
>>> >> then she fades away.
>>> >>
>>> >> -Will Dockery 2020
>>> >>
>>> >> ----
>>> >> From the Shadowville Mythos poetry blog:
>>> >> https://shadowville-mythos.blogspot.com/2021/04/taking-time-out-i-woke-up-next-morning.html
>>> >>
>>> >> (Reposted for George J. Dance)
>>> Thanks for selecting this poem for the PPB, George.

>> It's on the list for February. You may be happy to know that right now that list has only you and Edgar Allan Poe. (I've decided to use "To Helen" on Valentine's Day).

> Out-damned-standing......!

Thanks again for the nod.

If at first you do succeed, try to hide your astonishment.

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