Collecting Poetry Mugs

Dishes and spoons run away with each other from a warehouse.

"In the first place, it isn't "maddening crowd.' It's 'madding crowd.' "

"That's the guy I hired to read Proust for me."

"Too bad about old Ainsworth. Published and published, but perished all the same."

Ed Flanders, Deconstruction Worker

"The menu just says fried fish, but may I give you a more compelling, surprisingly lyrical description?"

My Bookshelf Before the Internet

Library sections; Fiction, non-fiction and do-it-yourself.

"You're going to hate yourself."

"Bah, I could've written a better dénouement in my sleep."

"Meet The Author"

"I didn't finish the proof but I did write this poem about my struggle."

Sherlock Holmes selling Sherlock Holmes.

Edgar Allen Poe

Books: Novels, Short-Stories, Tall Tales.

'I didn't dedicate my book, A Lifetime of Wine Tasting, to my 3 ex-wives and nine kids, because they made it possible. I did it because they made it necessary.'

"Do me next."

"Tonight! Author book signing." "Develop your inner raging bitch."

"Meet the embellisher 3-5 pm"

"No writers were harmed or mistreated in the preparation of this story."

"Counsel for prose is overruled. Poetry, you may continue."

"Now I really hate poetry."

"Once upon a midnight dreary / while I pondered weak and weary."

1599: Shakespeare's Agent knew what the public wanted

'Look! The new long awaited, highly anticipated but ultimately disappointing novel by that guy you like.'

"I gotta be me!"

One Man's Meat is Another Man's Poetry

Shakespeare does stand-up comedy in the round.

Why we need poetry. . .

"My novel is not a doorstop!"

Not to be a motion picture. Will remain just a book.