Dog Poet Pillows

K9 Litterati.

BOWZ, poetry reading...'Neither good doggie, nor bad dog be...'

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

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

"You're going to hate yourself."

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

"Meet The Author"

Open mike night presents Sadie Cohen. Summer's almost over

"Do me next."

Edgar Allen Poe

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

One Man's Meat is Another Man's Poetry

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

1599: Shakespeare's Agent knew what the public wanted

"Now I really hate poetry."

"There's really not much to obedience school. Just listen up and do what they say."

Why we need poetry. . .

"My novel is not a doorstop!"

John Bunyan

When the world is Mud-luscious - e.e. cummings

"Parts of a dog" "Hears food drop" "Smells food" "Chews food" "Swallows food" "Digests food" "Moves toward food" "Signals for food" "Makes room for more food"

The Grasshopper's Feast: A Prophetic Vision

"He's no hat and all corgis."

"It turns out everyone here is self-published."

Omar Khayyam Meets Trader Joe

Blue Stockings - Female poet who has not sold any of her books

"The rolling wheels...the ringing bells...signal the deliciousness of summer."

"She'll have a semi-wizened, double ristretto with a dot of quail's milk - and please recite a poem while you make it."

"Quoth the raven, 'Nevermore.'"

"Oh, this old thing?"

Dating an English Major

Eagle (The Divine Comedy).

Letters escape from a caged book.

The Forbidden Joyce Kilmer

Emily Dickinson: Mime - "I think she's saying something about death."