Re: Star Child Memory / Will Dockery
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> Hector Heathcliff wrote: > Will Dockery wrote: > >> >> Star Child Memory >> >> Snapshot of a moment >> an outdoor poetry reading >> in early Spring 1996. >> Glimmering stars >> and looming moon >> through the gloom. >> >> Passing through >> in that cavern >> of concrete, glass and brick >> off Broadway. >> I join the poetry reading >> already in progress. >> >> There's a hush in the air >> as we approach. >> Star Child and her friends >> standing with me >> on the sidewalk. >> >> Glimmering stars above us >> Springtime >> constellations. >> Poets sit in a circle >> in the alley >> behind Bazaar Earth. >> >> In those early days >> so late in the game. >> >> But I couldn't remain >> back then >> I had to keep on moving. >> I told them they couldn't get >> high enough >> to float with me. >> >> Star Child twinkled and tweaked >> skipping by me >> in that spangled night. >> Stopping at the parking meter >> waving goodbye. >> >> -Will Dockery >> >> -------------------------------------------- >> Draft post, comments and suggestions welcomed for the upcoming re-write. >> >> :) >> > > > Outstanding addition to the Shadowville Mythos, Doc.... Thanks again for the nod, Hector. 😏 This response appears in the discussion at: http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=659908913#659908913 -- Via JLA Forums web gateway for alt.arts.poetry.comments: http://www.jlaforums.com/viewforum.php?f=655