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  • Re: Only the Lonely / George J. Dance

    From will.dockery@will.dockery@gmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (Will-Dockery) to alt.arts.poetry.comments on Wed Aug 12 20:25:59 2026
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    George J. Dance wrote:
    Only the Lonely

    The man in shades
    strides to the mic
    and declares,
    "Only the lonely
    know the way I feel tonight ..."
    " and ten thousand screaming,
    chanting fans wedged up against
    each other in the hall all together
    suddenly feel so
    lonely.

    --
    George J. Dance, 2010
    from Doggerel, and other doggerel, 2015.

    [All rights reserved by the author - Used with permission]

    https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2010/03/orbison-man-in-shades-strides-to-mic.html

    Commentary: This poem was posted on aapc in the Sunday Sampler
    10 years ago. It appears on the original, 'rough' thread, but was left
    out of the Official Sampler thread for the week. The editor of that week's Official thread, Michael Pendragon, said that the omission was an mistake, but if so it was never corrected.



    Interesting.

    What was Pendragon's excuse at the time?


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  • From will.dockery@will.dockery@gmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (Will-Dockery) to alt.arts.poetry.comments on Wed Aug 12 22:48:22 2026
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    The True Melissa wrote:
    Verily, in article <1776475471>, did user3274
    @newsgrouper.org.invalid deliver unto us this message:

    michaelmaleficapendragon@gmail.com <user17124@newsgrouper.org.invalid
    posted:
    Here's an example mentioning Roy Orbison:

    The Everly Brothers continued to top the charts with a pair of
    number one smashes: Bird Dog and All I Have to Do is Dream.
    Problems, a campy laundry list of teenage woes, brought them a
    number two hit. The charming folk ballad, Devoted to You, gave a
    number ten hit; and Claudette, written by up-and-coming rocker Roy
    Orbison for his bride, Claudette Frady, brought them a top thirty.

    I was an Everly Brothers fan when I was a lad, saw them live in
    Columbus Georgia in 1970 or 1971.



    I discovered them in my teens, between their heyday and their comeback.
    I liked both of their comback albums, EB 84 and Born Yesterday. "Always
    Drive a Cadillac" is still on my huge playlist of favorite songs.


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    United States of America - North America - Earth
    Solar System - Milky Way - Local Group
    Virgo Cluster - Laniakea Supercluster - Cosmos



    At least we agree on something.

    EfyA


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