Faraway Star wrote:

> Michael Pendragon wrote:
>> On Wednesday, October 25, 2023 at 12:17:19 PM UTC-4, Faraway Star wrote:
>> > On Tuesday, October 24, 2023 at 7:22:48 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
>> > > On Tuesday, October 24, 2023 at 4:12:43 PM UTC-4, Faraway Star wrote:
>> > > > Will Dockery wrote:
>
>> > > > > One of my earlier poems, posted to rec.arts.poems in May of 1999:
>> > > > >
>> > > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.arts.poems/YY4TeuoZwEc/4FsCVBN5HLMJ
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Dark Cat
>> > > > > by Will Dockery
>> > > > >
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Don't think
>> > > > > I'll play this game anymore.
>> > > > > I've seen beauty
>> > > > > beauty is behind a closed door.
>> > > > > She glitters and gleams
>> > > > > but she is not what she seems.
>> > > > > To find beauty
>> > > > > I must look inside.
>> > > > > Take down
>> > > > > what I see on the outside
>> > > > > and hide it in my memory.
>> > > > > These treasures I can keep with me
>> > > > > a page of words.
>> > > > > Love is just a joke
>> > > > > life is absurd
>> > > > > learn to laugh at the visions
>> > > > > flow through the transitions.
>> > > > > It all will pass
>> > > > > nothing's made to last,
>> > > > > the more you hold it
>> > > > > the faster it fades away.
>> > > > > Like the last rays of light,
>> > > > > on a winter's day.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > -Will Dockery
>> > > > >
>> > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------
>> > > > > -For more poems, type
>> > > > > http://www.deja.com/
>> > > > > into your browser's "Location" window. Press your "return" key.
>> > > > > Click on "Power Search" in the middle of the screen.
>> > > > > Find the box labelled "Main Archive".
>> > > > > Change "Main Archive" to "Complete Archive".
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Next, do you see a blank box labelled "Power Search" ?
>> > > > > Type in: roll...@earthlink.net in the blank box on the screen
>> > > > > that has "Power Search" written next to it.
>> > > > > Click on "find" (the button to the right of the box).
>> > > > >
>> > > > > -Or search using: roll...@idt.net or opb...@yahoo.com
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Dark Cat is copyright 1999 by Will Dockery
>> > > > >
>> > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------
>> > > > The 1980s and 1990s poetry slam and rap styles are absolutely considered "old school" now, for one example:
>> > > >
>> > > > https://lithub.com/how-did-an-architect-of-the-slam-poetry-scene-become-its-public-enemy-no-1/
>> > > Sure, the poetry of that area is old school, relatively.
>> > Some examples of what "old school" can and does mean...:
>> >
>> > https://www.quora.com/What-does-old-school-mean
>> >
>> > ************* Honestly? I think it means something different for everyone. To me, if a person is old school, they are old fashioned enough that they don’t fit in with new school society, they are strong and gritty, they work hard and don’t complain, they handle business and live honorably. If something is old school, it is of a style or design from times past. Probably obsolete by modern standards, but just as good or not good as it was back in the day. Based on observations I’ve had, it’s better to seek to be old school than new school. New school seems pretty self destructive --Richard Parker ******
>> >
>> > ************ Originally Answered: What does "old school" mean to you and what things qualify as “old school"?
>> > What does "old school" mean to you and what things qualify as “old school"?
>> >
>> > ‘Old school’ describes something, or some custom or attitude from a past generation that is, in the present time, held in respect.
>> >
>> > What kind of things qualify as ‘old school’ ? Old school manners, for instance, men being very respectful to women in a rather “courtly” way. Old school humour - humour that is not hurtful to any section of society, just…well…silly, funny at nobody’s expense. Old school politics, in both the USA and UK for instance, “old school Republicans/Conservatives” exhibit more respect for their peers and their opponents than is often seen today. ----Ann Clark *******************
>> >
>> So someone
> Hush up Penhead, you lying sack of monkey turds... ha ha...

> That is all.

Good riddance to him, of course.