Nature Poet Gifts

King Cnut attempts to stop the tide from coming in and destroying his sandcastle.

"See you on the other side."

River Anxiety

A tree cries its leaves off like tears

"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."

"My dad says we eat honey 'cause it has lots of vitamin Bee."

"I said the males were 'evolving' – I didn't say they were 'maturing.'"

"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

'If Earwigs looked like baby seals:'

One Man's Meat is Another Man's Poetry

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

1599: Shakespeare's Agent knew what the public wanted

'Go on, Andy, it's high time anteaters learned size isn't everything!'

"Now I really hate poetry."

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

Why we need poetry. . .

"My novel is not a doorstop!"

John Bunyan

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

'Hang on a minute: What does 'IVF' mean?!'

The Grasshopper's Feast: A Prophetic Vision

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

Deer Season Open.

'Darling - I think it's time to stop feeding the birds.'

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

Omar Khayyam Meets Trader Joe

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

"Oh, this old thing?"

The Forbidden Joyce Kilmer