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   mpsilvertone@yahoo-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (HarryLime) posted:   
   > Will Dockery wrote:   
   >> mpsilvertone@yahoo-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (HarryLime) posted:   
   >>> Will Dockery wrote:   
   >   
   > >> The poem was based on a dream, written in 1982.   
   > >>   
   > >> The "girl" in the poem was approximately my age, which was 24 st that   
   time.   
   > >>   
   > >> There is nothing in your poem that says the girl is 24.   
   >   
   > > Dockery: The date given twice is that year was 1982, several years after   
   our high school years.   
   > >   
   > > MMP: Breaking out the Xmas cheer early   
      
   I'm not sure why the keys jammed up.   
      
   Now corrected.   
      
   > >> She was from my high school past and in 1982 I was 24.   
   > >>   
   > >> Since she was from my high school past she would be in a similar age   
   group.   
   > >>   
   > >> And your line "She was a little freckled girl"   
   > >>   
   > >> "...from out of my high school past."   
   > >>   
   > >> Meaning approximately my age since we were in high school together.   
   > >>   
   > >> Your poem does not say that the event depicted (the dream) took in 1982.   
   >   
   > > Dockery: In the original post of the poem the date "May 1982" is given at   
   the end of the poem,   
   >   
   > MMP: So what?   
   >   
   > You could have written and/or posted the poem 5 years after you had the   
   dream.   
      
   That's right, about 5-7 years later, 1982, as the poem notes.   
      
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   Poetry and songs of Will Dockery:   
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