• Re: Red Lipped Stranger by Will Dockery & The Shadowville All-Stars

    From Will Dockery@user3274@newsgrouper.org.invalid to alt.arts.poetry.comments,rec.arts.poems,rec.music.makers,rec.music.makers.songwriting,alt.poetry on Tue Jun 16 05:59:31 2026
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    "G&tSP" <gandtsp@yahoo.ca> posted:

    On Oct 3, 6:14-apm, Richard Heathfield <r...@see.sig.invalid> wrote:
    In
    <8007435d-fb6c-48f1-b01d-affa0b2c7...@m20g2000vbp.googlegroups.com>,

    George Dance wrote:

    <snip>

    I recognize phrases like "watching gunboats" and "she's no bum" from
    the early 2009 "Let's write a poem" group thread (from lines you contributed, I should add.)

    So what you're saying is that he's two hundred years ahead of his
    time?

    <snip>


    LOL! No wonder so many 21st-century folk don't appreciate his work.

    Of course I meant 2009. I spotted the error after I posted, but I
    didn't think it was worth a second post. Thanks for making it so.

    True, everyone makes a mistake sometimes.

    EfyA

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