Re: The Return of Michael Monkey

On Fri, 3 Jan 2025 7:40:51 +0000, W.Dockery wrote:

On Mon, 23 Dec 2024 21:00:16 +0000, George J. Dance wrote:

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from
https://www.novabbs.com/arts/article-flat.php?id=253903&group=alt.arts.poetry.comments#253903
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On Fri, 20 Dec 2024 15:22:04 +0000, Michael Monkey aka "HarryLime"
wrote:

MMP: My literary journal was created to highlight the best examples of
poetry from AAPC's various members.  The best poetry by Member G does
not necessarily measure up to the best poetry of Member J.
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As Mr. Dance has so ably demonstrated above, his own poem left no traces
on my memory.

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MMP's memory lapses are something I'm sure we're all familiar with by
now. But let us remember what else I just ably demonstrated: that back
in 2021 (when he was still hoping to recruit me as an ally) he
considered Possibilities one of "the best examples of poetry" on AAPC.

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This deserves an underscore as an example of Michael Pendragon's biased
behavior.

Indeed. I'm not sure if you remeber that statement of his that I called
a statement of his editorial philosophy:
<quote>
"You divide everyone into two categories: potential allies and potential
adversaries. You slurp the writings of your potential allies and attack
those of your potential adversaries."
"When [someone] Jim is seen as a potential ally, you request his poetry.
When he
is seen as an adversary, you assign a childish name to him and claim he
can't write." </q>
source text:
https://groups.google.com/g/alt.arts.poetry.comments/c/hDYKsC5l5Ew/m/IR5NzWPJBQAJ?hl=en
That also fully describes his critical philosophy. No more need be said,
but it can't be said often enough.
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