Re: "When the Mill Shut Down" / Will Dockery
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From the archives: "When the Mill Shut Down" in the current form goes back to at least July 30 2006, where Stuart Leichter gave it a favorable review: https://groups.google.com/g/alt.arts.poetry.comments/c/IaDWIoMXOkU/m/QcPcBOeQF-0J *** On Sunday, July 30, 2006 at 5:16:55 PM UTC-4, Stuart Leichter wrote: > in article [email protected], Will Dockery at > [email protected] wrote on 7/30/06 12:59 PM: > > When. > > When the mill shut down, > we hit the pavement with a thud, > then we all got up and kept walking. > Some to the work house, > some to the poor house, > some to the whorehouse, > and the grave. > > -Will Dockery > > This one's good, Will. > The title you might make When the mill shut down (without the comma, and > then continue with the 2nd and following lines). > I think you should post it with a C&C request in the subject line. > Stuart > > (crit-cred: I know literal from figurative, I know opinions from sentiments, > and I never threatened you) > *** (From the Usenet poetry newsgroup archives, original text restored.) This response appears in the discussion at: http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=660861078#660861078 -- Via JLA Forums web gateway for alt.arts.poetry.comments: http://www.jlaforums.com/viewforum.php?f=655