French Poetry Mugs

"I'm basically a Rimbaudist, but with a little Ferlinghetti thrown in on my father's side."

"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."

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

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

"You're going to hate yourself."

"Meet The Author"

"Do me next."

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

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

Edgar Allen Poe

1599: Shakespeare's Agent knew what the public wanted

Shakespeare does stand-up comedy in the round.

One Man's Meat is Another Man's Poetry

"Now I really hate poetry."

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

Honoré de Balzac

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

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

"I gotta be me!"

Why we need poetry. . .

"My novel is not a doorstop!"

Cow jumping over the moonshine.

John Bunyan

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

The Grasshopper's Feast: A Prophetic Vision

Updated Nursery Rhyme #27.

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

William Shakespeare a.k.a. Francis Bacon, Earl of Essex....

"Out damn Spot

T. S. Eliot Meets Beavis And Butthead

Omar Khayyam Meets Trader Joe

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

Iliadette.