National Poetry Month Pillows

"It's National Poetry Month, Marion, and by God we're gonna read some poetry."

"Two roads diverged in a wood and I didn't know which one to cross."

'True, I win, right.'

"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"

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

Edgar Allen Poe

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

"Do me next."

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

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

"I gotta be me!"

"Now I really hate poetry."

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

Shakespeare does stand-up comedy in the round.

Why we need poetry. . .

"My novel is not a doorstop!"

Cow jumping over the moonshine.

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

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

Updated Nursery Rhyme #27.

John Bunyan

The Grasshopper's Feast: A Prophetic Vision

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

"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