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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.   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> The term "girl" is often used in poetry and songs.   
      
   Gor example, songs by Billy Joel and The Beatles, to name two.   
      
   > >>>> There is nothing in your poem that says the girl is 24.   
      
   Wrong.   
      
   Our high school days: 1975-76   
      
   Time of the poem: May 1982.   
      
   > >>> Example, someone 17 years old in 1975 would be 24 years old in 1982.   
   > >>>   
   > >>> Dockery: The date given twice is that year was 1982, several years after   
   our high school years.   
   > >>>   
   > >>> MMP: Breaking out the Xmas cheer early,   
   > >>>   
   > >>> No, it was a jammed up keypad for some reason   
   > >>>   
   > >>> 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"   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> Writers use the term "girl" for females, see recent examples posted   
   here by Billy Joel and The Beatles, to name two.   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> "...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.   
      
   Yes it does, in both the title and attribution.   
      
   > >>> The poem did state that the female friend was from my high school past,   
   5-7 years before the poem, in 1982.   
   > >>>   
   > >>> I was 24 years old in 1982 and my friend would have been that age or   
   close to it.   
   > >>>   
   > >>> Dockery: In the original post of the poem the date "May 1982" is given   
   at the end of the poem,   
   > >>>   
   > >> > You could have written and/or posted the poem 5 years after   
   > >> > you had the dream.   
      
   The poem was written in May 1982.   
      
   > >> That's right, I wrote the poem in May of 1982.   
   > >>   
   > > It was simply an unexpected romantic interlude.   
   > >   
   > > It happens with young people sometimes.   
   > >   
   > > You're misrepresenting the content of my poem.   
   > >   
   > > HTH and HAND.   
   >   
   > Here's your poem, condensed   
      
   You mean taken out of context.   
      
   I'll repost the complete poem so the complete story can be seen.   
      
   HTH and HAND.   
      
   --   
   Poetry and songs of Will Dockery:   
   https://www.reverbnation.com/willdockery   
      
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