Re: Star Child Memory / Will Dockery

Will Dockery wrote:
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Faraway Star wrote:

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On Monday, February 10, 2024 at 12:10:17 AM UTC-6, Will Dockery wrote:

On Thursday, February 6, 2024 at 7:37:25 PM UTC-5, Hector Heathcliff
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On Thursday, February 6, 2024 at 1:49:30 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:

On Wednesday, February 5, 2024 at 7:04:44 PM UTC-5, Pendragon wrote:

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Star Child Memory
by Will Dockery

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My immediate reaction to the title is that it is a) in reference

to "2001: A Space Odyssey," and b) setting off warning bells that a
new-agey, psychedelic drug trip poem will follow.

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Of course my policy has always been to critique a poem on its own

terms, so a new-agey psychedelic drug trip poem has just as much chance
of receiving a positive review as does any other poem. I'm just
mentioning this as an example of how a title can affect one's reading
of/reaction to a poem.

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I haven't watched the "2001: A Space Odyssey" film in at least 40

years, but since both you and Zod have referred to it recently about my
poetry, perhaps I will.

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I expect I'll be reading Jack Kirby's comix adaptation first, since

I've never read it t all yet:

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https://www.wired.com/story/jack-kirby-2001-space-odyssey-history/
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"When director Stanley Kubrick released 2001: A Space Odyssey 50

years ago, he intended it to be a 'nonverbal experience.' The movie’s
dialogue was sparse, and it relied heavily on visuals and score. It was,
Kubrick told Playboy in 1968, a subjective film, meant to reach
audiences 'at an inner level of consciousness, just as music does.'..."

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Wow.... damn, I never saw that comic book that I can recall....
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Will look for more...
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Got it...!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-Q-mF0fUZ0
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2001: A Space Odyssey Treasury Edition (Jack Kirby art)

Julian Darius on Jack Kirby’s 2001: A Space Odyssey Adaptation:
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http://sequart.org/magazine/20651/on-jack-kirbys-2001-a-space-odyssey/
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http://sequart.org/magazine/20670/on-jack-kirbys-2001-a-space-odyssey-adaptation/
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http://sequart.org/magazine/20787/on-jack-kirbys-2001-a-space-odyssey-adaptation-part-2/
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"Jack Kirby’s 2001: A Space Odyssey is surely one of the strangest
sci-fi franchise comics ever published." -Julian Darius

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Woe

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Amazing stuff, agreed.

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Right on