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06-06-2002, 11:37 AM
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...has just published my sonnet, "A Small Mystery on Gray's Field" in their Summer Jubilee edition.
I'm prouder of that than any of my publication credits.
I don't think they ever published a poem before.
Regards,
David
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06-06-2002, 11:51 AM
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Ah funny isn't it, David, the things that bring us our greatest joy.
I just adore the name of your town. It is so veddy veddy British. There should be a Masterpiece Theater series set there--if there isn't already.
Many congratulations on the publication credit. You will now be a local celebrity, but we here can say "We sorta knew him when..."
Tom
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06-06-2002, 05:15 PM
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Thanks, Tom.
I've already spoken to the Vicar about having my monument erected next to Thomas Gray's, overlooking the field in question; but so far the idea's fallen on stony ground. Still, I'm sure he'll come round, eventually.
Even the Brits find the name comical.
I think the reason I was pleased, is because everything I write is targeted at an audience of non-Poeticals, and up till now I'd assumed such an audience was hypothetical.
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David
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06-07-2002, 04:20 AM
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That's great, David. I think the monument should be designed to match Gray's. Then the question becomes which of your immortal lines do we engrave upon its four faces. I nominate the killer closing couplets of your sick joke poems!
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06-07-2002, 02:11 PM
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Yes indeed, Tim.
I've been thinking about my inscriptions, and I came to exactly the same conclusion.
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06-08-2002, 06:50 AM
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Wonderful news David, my heartiest congratulations!
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06-10-2002, 02:16 PM
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David
The poem deserves that and more. Congratulations!
Perhaps the monument should have sculptures of you and a dog. That would seem fitting. In fact, there's a statue of a dog, a very fine one, here in Central Park. I think it's a rescue dog, very alert, strong, and shaggy, and I'm delighted and sometimes touched every time I see the noble canine in bronze.
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06-10-2002, 02:24 PM
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I don't think they ever published a poem before.>>>
I think that's marvelous.
Good for you, David A, congratulations,
wendy
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06-11-2002, 12:03 PM
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Dear David ~
Congratulations on the publication!
Such great news!
The very best to you, David ~
Elizabeth
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