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   Will Dockery to All   
   Re: The Ahmos Zu-Bolton proof, again   
   22 Feb 26 15:21:02   
   
   From: user3274@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   nancygene.andjayme@gmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (NancyGene) posted:   
   > Will Dockery wrote:   
   >> nancygene.andjayme@gmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (NancyGene) wrote in   
   >> news:IaWdnYA2IOs3pAv0nZ2dnZfqn_adnZ2d@giganews.com:   
   >>> Will Dockery wrote:   
   >>>> mpsilvertone@yahoo-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (HarryLime) posted:   
   >>>>> Will Dockery wrote:   
   >   
   > >>>>>>>> The Ahmos Zu-Bolton proof, again.   
   > >>>>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>>> 1976 Poet-In-Residence at Carver High School, Columbus Georgia.   
   > >>>>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>>> (See JLA Forums attachment)   
   > >>>>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>>> Ahmos Zu-Bolton was in Columbus, GA. in Spring 1976.   
   > >>>>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>>> Yes, he was, as the evidence shows.   
   > >>>>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>>> See the evidence in the JLA Forums attachment posted in this   
   > >>>>>>>> thread.   
   > >>>>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>>> I scanned the evidence from the published introduction to Pegasus   
   > >>>>>>>> 1976 edition, written by Ahmos Zu-Bolton in 1976.   
   > >>>>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>>> The evidence is genuine.   
   > >>>>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>>> Find a published copy of Pegasus and prove otherwise, which of   
   > >>>>>>>> course you can't or won't do.   
   > >>>>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>>> We can't find a copy of something that does not exist, such as the   
   > >>>>>>>> 1976 Pegasus "Literary Journal."   
   > >>>>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>>> It exists.   
   > >>>>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>>> Look it up.   
   > >>>>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>>> it would only prove that some little known poet sat in on a couple   
   > >>>>>>>> of Dan Barfirld's classes.   
   > >>>>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>>> That's true, which is what it proves   
   > >>>>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>>> MMP: That's what it *would* prove, if it could be verified.   
   > >>>>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>>> Dockery: It hasn't been tampered with, it's genuine.   
   > >>>>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>>> Thus, it's legitimate proof that Ahmos Zu-Bolton was in Columbus   
   > >>>>>>>> Georgia at Carver High School in 1976.   
   > >>>>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>>> MMP: It's a matter of whether it *could have been* tampered with.   
   > >>>>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>>> I believe that Zu-Bolton sat in on a couple of Barfield's classes,   
   > >>>>>>>> and I believe that he penned the letter (which is used as an   
   > >>>>>>>> Introduction).   
   > >>>>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>>> Dockery: That's great, since that's basically what I've been   
   > >>>>>>>> arguing all this time.   
   > >>>>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>>> We can end this now with that, if you'd like.   
   > >>>>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>>> We don't think that Will has "Pegasus" in his possession anymore.   
   > >>>>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>>> Yes, I do have a copy, which I'll scan in the near future.   
   > >>>>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>>> Also, we don't think he had a poem included in said "publication."   
   > >>>>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>>> I published one poem in the Pegasus 1976 edition, and have posted a   
   > >>>>>>>> screenshot of that page, which also included art.   
   > >>>>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>>> No, you didn't.  You were not included in the publication   
   > >>>>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>>> Stop lying and misrepresenting, NancyGene.   
   > >>>>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>>> I had one poem published in Pegasus 1976 and have posted a scan of   
   the page here and elsewhere.   
   > >>>>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>>> Look it up.   
   > >>>>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>>> We did, and you didn't.  "Neon Bones" is not on AAPC, let alone a   
   scan of the poem in "Pegasus."   
   > >>>>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>>> Okay, I'll post the poem soon since there's some interest in it   
   > >>>>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>>> Searches of Google AAPC, the other Google poetry groups, the   
   archives on JLA Forums, Google and Facebook show no "Neon Bones" poem or   
   scan.  There are a some posts from you, Will Donkey, saying that it is not on   
   the Internet and that it was in    
   "Pegasus," but your word is unreliable.   
   > >>>>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>>> The scan was posted on Facebook but not here, since I'm planning on   
   posting a typed edit if the poem as well as the screenshot/scan.   
   > >>>>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>>> NancyGene, you must have missed this post:   
   > >>>>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>>> Thanks again for the interest, I'll type the "Neon Bones" poem up   
   and post it here on the newsgoup in the near future   
   > >>>>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>>> Just post a picture of the poem showing it IN Pegasus.   
   > >>>>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>>> I've been planning on it.   
   > >>>>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>>> 11 years in the planning!  Epic!   
   > >>>>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>>> No, I was just reminded of "Neon Bones."   
   > >>>>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>>> It's a good idea to post the poem here, though, and when I retype   
   and edit the poem, I'll post it here.   
   > >>>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>> "Shattered," I think, is a good poem for that form of poetry   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>> You were 18 years old in the 11th grade.  It says "-Will Dockery /   
   August 20 1976" at the bottom.   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> Okay, I turned 18 in May of that year.   
   > >>   
   > >>> I was speaking in general.   
   > >>>   
   > >>> I was 17 years old on this day 50 years ago, and was 18 years old in   
   August 1976.   
   >   
   > It could be that the years between 16 and 19 were   
      
   Very busy years to say the least.   
      
   https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2026/02/poem-for-kathy-will-dockery.html?m=1   
      
   https://a.co/d/07erZ2tY   
      
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