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by: General-Zod - Thu, 14 Sep 2023 20:36 UTC

Will Dockery wrote:

> Zod wrote:

>> Will Dockery wrote:

>>> From my Drafts file:

>>> Below is re-posted an example of my poetry that was posted on Usenet,
>>> specifically rec.arts.poems in the 1990s. Here is a link to the original
>>> thread from May 18th 1999, which can be found at rec.arts.poems. Here's a
>>> poem of mine I found at random, from May 18th 1999, an example of my poetry
>>> that was posted on Usenet, specifically rec.arts.poems in the 1990s:

>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.arts.poems/xhjqRmh2Daw/mwcsICXx3BAJ

>>> On Tuesday, May 18, 1999 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, Andrew Roller wrote:
>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> Visit me at: http://home.earthlink.net/~roller666/index.html
>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Nothing but pain.
>>>> by Will Dockery
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> No sea deep enough,
>>>> no dark black enough.
>>>> No death painless,
>>>> no resurrection coming.
>>>>
>>>> Open myself up,
>>>> I see twisted roots.
>>>> What has happened,
>>>> what will happen,
>>>> down to the end,
>>>> and down deeper.
>>>>
>>>> No sea black enough,
>>>> no dark deep enough.
>>>> Sleep not final,
>>>> dreams to awake,
>>>> to this terrible lie.
>>>>
>>>> I know. Nothing but pain.
>>>> Darkness and pain.
>>>> I know.
>>>> On and on it remains,
>>>> it's all so simple,
>>>> nothing but a grim heart.
>>>>
>>>> -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: roller666@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: roller39@idt.net or opbop1@yahoo.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Nothing but pain is copyright 1999 by Will Dockery
>>>>
>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------

>>> Okay, this poem is from 1999, the first example of about a dozen of my poems
>>> posted to Usenet of the 1990s.

>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

>> A true golden oldie from the Doc...

> Those were some dark days.

"I am the darkness..." --Dan Barfield, 1999

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by: General-Zod - Fri, 15 Sep 2023 18:12 UTC

Will Dockery wrote:

> On Thursday, September 14, 2023 at 4:40:11 PM UTC-4, General-Zod wrote:
>> Will Dockery wrote:
>
>> >>> From my Drafts file:
>>
>> >>> Below is re-posted an example of my poetry that was posted on Usenet,
>> >>> specifically rec.arts.poems in the 1990s. Here is a link to the original
>> >>> thread from May 18th 1999, which can be found at rec.arts.poems. Here's a
>> >>> poem of mine I found at random, from May 18th 1999, an example of my poetry
>> >>> that was posted on Usenet, specifically rec.arts.poems in the 1990s:
>>
>> >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.arts.poems/xhjqRmh2Daw/mwcsICXx3BAJ
>>
>> >>> On Tuesday, May 18, 1999 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, Andrew Roller wrote:
>> >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>> >>>> Visit me at: http://home.earthlink.net/~roller666/index.html
>> >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Nothing but pain.
>> >>>> by Will Dockery
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> No sea deep enough,
>> >>>> no dark black enough.
>> >>>> No death painless,
>> >>>> no resurrection coming.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Open myself up,
>> >>>> I see twisted roots.
>> >>>> What has happened,
>> >>>> what will happen,
>> >>>> down to the end,
>> >>>> and down deeper.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> No sea black enough,
>> >>>> no dark deep enough.
>> >>>> Sleep not final,
>> >>>> dreams to awake,
>> >>>> to this terrible lie.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I know. Nothing but pain.
>> >>>> Darkness and pain.
>> >>>> I know.
>> >>>> On and on it remains,
>> >>>> it's all so simple,
>> >>>> nothing but a grim heart.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> -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
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Nothing but pain is copyright 1999 by Will Dockery
>> >>>>
>> >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> >>> Okay, this poem is from 1999, the first example of about a dozen of my poems
>> >>> posted to Usenet of the 1990s.
>>
>> >>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>> >> A true golden oldie from the Doc...
>>
>>
>> > Those were some dark days.
>> "I am the darkness..." --Dan Barfield, 1999

> The influence of the Grunge era, of course.

Quite true, indeed...

Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fregObNcHC8

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by: W.Dockery - Sat, 16 Sep 2023 15:34 UTC

General-Zod wrote:

> Will Dockery wrote:

>> On Thursday, September 14, 2023 at 4:40:11 PM UTC-4, General-Zod wrote:
>>> Will Dockery wrote:
>>
>>> >>> From my Drafts file:
>>>
>>> >>> Below is re-posted an example of my poetry that was posted on Usenet,
>>> >>> specifically rec.arts.poems in the 1990s. Here is a link to the original
>>> >>> thread from May 18th 1999, which can be found at rec.arts.poems. Here's a
>>> >>> poem of mine I found at random, from May 18th 1999, an example of my poetry
>>> >>> that was posted on Usenet, specifically rec.arts.poems in the 1990s:
>>>
>>> >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.arts.poems/xhjqRmh2Daw/mwcsICXx3BAJ
>>>
>>> >>> On Tuesday, May 18, 1999 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, Andrew Roller wrote:
>>> >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>>> >>>> Visit me at: http://home.earthlink.net/~roller666/index.html
>>> >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Nothing but pain.
>>> >>>> by Will Dockery
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> No sea deep enough,
>>> >>>> no dark black enough.
>>> >>>> No death painless,
>>> >>>> no resurrection coming.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Open myself up,
>>> >>>> I see twisted roots.
>>> >>>> What has happened,
>>> >>>> what will happen,
>>> >>>> down to the end,
>>> >>>> and down deeper.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> No sea black enough,
>>> >>>> no dark deep enough.
>>> >>>> Sleep not final,
>>> >>>> dreams to awake,
>>> >>>> to this terrible lie.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> I know. Nothing but pain.
>>> >>>> Darkness and pain.
>>> >>>> I know.
>>> >>>> On and on it remains,
>>> >>>> it's all so simple,
>>> >>>> nothing but a grim heart.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> -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
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Nothing but pain is copyright 1999 by Will Dockery
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> >>> Okay, this poem is from 1999, the first example of about a dozen of my poems
>>> >>> posted to Usenet of the 1990s.
>>>
>>> >>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>
>>> >> A true golden oldie from the Doc...
>>>
>>>
>>> > Those were some dark days.
>>> "I am the darkness..." --Dan Barfield, 1999

>> The influence of the Grunge era, of course.

> Quite true, indeed...

> Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fregObNcHC8

Definitely an influence on that generation, could be why the poetry of Bukowski was so big in that era as well.

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by: W.Dockery - Mon, 25 Sep 2023 06:26 UTC

Zod wrote:

> Will Dockery wrote:

>
> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.arts.poems/xhjqRmh2Daw/mwcsICXx3BAJ

>>>> On Tuesday, May 18, 1999 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, Andrew Roller wrote:
>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>> Visit me at: http://home.earthlink.net/~roller666/index.html
>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Nothing but pain.
>>>>> by Will Dockery
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> No sea deep enough,
>>>>> no dark black enough.
>>>>> No death painless,
>>>>> no resurrection coming.
>>>>>
>>>>> Open myself up,
>>>>> I see twisted roots.
>>>>> What has happened,
>>>>> what will happen,
>>>>> down to the end,
>>>>> and down deeper.
>>>>>
>>>>> No sea black enough,
>>>>> no dark deep enough.
>>>>> Sleep not final,
>>>>> dreams to awake,
>>>>> to this terrible lie.
>>>>>
>>>>> I know. Nothing but pain.
>>>>> Darkness and pain.
>>>>> I know.
>>>>> On and on it remains,
>>>>> it's all so simple,
>>>>> nothing but a grim heart.
>>>>>
>>>>> -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: roller666@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: roller39@idt.net or opbop1@yahoo.com
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Nothing but pain is copyright 1999 by Will Dockery
>>>>>
>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------

>>>> Okay, this poem is from 1999, the first example of about a dozen of my poems
>>>> posted to Usenet of the 1990s.

> "I am the darkness..." --Dan Barfield, 1999

Indeed.

🙂

Subject	Author
Nothing But Pain / Will Dockery (1999 poem)	General-Zod
Nothing But Pain / Will Dockery (1999 poem)	General-Zod
Nothing But Pain / Will Dockery (1999 poem)	W.Dockery
Nothing But Pain / Will Dockery (1999 poem)	W.Dockery