Re: The Ashtroll / gjd

On Sunday, June 26, 2022 at 1:00:21 AM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:

Rocky Rhodan wrote:
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George J. Dance wrote:

On 2022-06-09 12:19 a.m., W.Dockery wrote:

Rocky Stoneberg wrote:
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George J. Dance wrote:

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On 2022-06-07 7:51 p.m., W.Dockery wrote:

Rocky Stoneberg wrote:
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George J. Dance wrote:

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A wannabe poet named Ash
Thought writing could bring in some cash;
But all of his verses
Brought him only curses,
And all of it went in the trash.

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gjd

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Outstanding work in the limerick form...

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Even PJR might approve.
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🙂

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PJ Ross has actually commented on it:
'Close, but no cigar. Forced stress on "him".'

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Both this and the "Bobby Burro" limerick were ones I wrote earlier in
the year, in threads where they're effectively lost to posterity. So
I decided to top-post them so they'd be easier to find.

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Peter is always a tough critic, I daresay....

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But when he gets serious, PJR does post some instructional thoughts.

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He was always worth listening to. But one doesn't have to agree with
*him*, and here I listened and then disagreed.

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It's not normal, but it's not unnatural (and therefore not forced) for a
person to stress "him" in such a context. Imagine, for example, pointing
to the person when you're saying it.

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I do miss Peter... he was grouchy but often funny....

It was amusing when he broke Michael Pendragon's heart, Pendragon
desperately wanted PJR to take him under his wing and my e mentor him.

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If you weren't