Re: M. H. Benders true feelings about Will Dockery

Will Dockery <[email protected]> Mon, 03 Aug 2026 14:55:48 GMT
Newsgroups alt.arts.poetry.comments
Message-ID <[email protected]>
[email protected] (The Doctor) posted:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> Will Dockery  <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >[email protected] (The Doctor) posted:
> >
> >> /ERROR "unexpected byte sequence starting at index 2129: '\xF0'" while
> >decoding/:
> >> 
> >> In article <[email protected]>,
> >> Will Dockery  <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> >Bruce <[email protected]> posted:
> >> 
> >> >> Benders xxxxxxxxxx xxxxx xxxxxxxxxx 
> >> >
> >> >Again, no, that's a misrepresentation of what happened.
> >> >
> >> >Here's the full story of my poetry collaboration with M.H.Benders:
> >> >
> >> >M. H. Benders on Will Dockery - "One of the most authentic American
> >poets...."
> >> >
> >> >Here's more of exactly what M.H. Benders thinks or thought of me, from
> >> >his Dutch website: 
> >> >
> >> >----------------------------------------------
> >> >
> >>
> >>https://web.archive.org/web/20080124124833/http://www.kannibaal.nl/shadowville.htm 
> >> >
> >> >M. H. Benders: "That's great. It sounds like a really interesting
> >> >project. I will promote the video over my website which has about 80.000
> >> >visitors a year, enough to give your name a decent boost into
> >> >recognition by Dutch people. It's nice that these sort of cross-cultural
> >> >initiatives can develop over the internet. So much negativity floating
> >> >around that it's good sometimes something positive happens." 
> >> >
> >> >M. H. Benders: "Thanks for showing an interest in the cross cultural
> >> >project I am planning. You can arrange the reading events in everyway 
> >> >that you see fit, I trust your artistic vision. When you have taped the
> >> >events you can send the tape. It would be nice, I think, to have some
> >> >real American elements mixed with it like Country Music (I have 
> >> >always been a great country music fan) but you can also use jazz if you
> >> >want. I will make sure the video is digitalised and shown on different
> >> >locations on the Dutch internet. Then, in the future, we can 
> >> >also try it the other way around." 
> >> >
> >> >And, again, the original quote seems just fine with me: 
> >> >
> >> >"In my opinion Will Dockery is easily one of the most authentic American
> >> >poets around. A real coffeehouse poet who is not scared of mingling some
> >> >real American elements such as country music into his 
> >> >poetry..." -M.H. Benders 
> >> >
> >>
> >>https://web.archive.org/web/20080124124833/http://www.kannibaal.nl/shadowville.htm 
> >> >
> >> >------------------------------------------
> >> >
> >> >(Original text restored.)
> >> 
> >> drwho is not interested.
> >
> >Sorry, Doctor, I thought I had removed that crosspost, Bruce probably
> >added it back.
> >
> 
> As long as Bruce is removed from drwho.

Bruce keeps adding Dr  Who back, but I'll keep an eye on it.

😏

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