Metaphysical Poetry Admirer Gifts

John Donne.

Reading my Critics

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

"Out damn Spot

"Hey, it's not all fire and brimstone anymore—one of our nine circles is even smoke-free."

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

Omar Khayyam Meets Trader Joe

Stephen Spender.

'WD-40 un-sticks things that should move and duct tape makes things that shouldn't move, stop.'

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

Race track - with the race being to apply the white lines between lanes

Rape of the Lock- The Dream

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

A woman with a novel and poetry handbag.

Thomas Hardy

Archeologist Deciphers Limerick Heiroglyphs

Nevermore. You don't have to use "air quoths" every time.

'Hello Colin, I'm Arthur, any idea what all the fuss is about?'

Nails pinning down the hammer that usually strikes them.

"He was a big man, but he moved like a cat."

"I want you to meet What's-His-Name, the much-misunderstood writer."

"We had a brainstorm - I hope it's a brainchild."

Lord Byron

Sinking with your heart

'I'd put it on the back burner, but the stove's been repossessed.'

"Just what is a runcible spoon?"

Leda knew it was serious when the visited Ikea together.

'When I said I would move mountains for you, it was just a figure of speech!'

Limerick Airport

"You know what I think, babe? Seven on the Richter scale."

The unknown war poet.

Emily Dickinson at a Cocktail Party: "I;m Nobody! Who are you? Are you - Nobody - too?"

'I don't know whether to put it in for the Turner Prize or go for the Poet Laureate.'

The Raven in Flight

"Nevermore."