Nature Poet Pillows

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."

"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"

"Do me next."

Edgar Allen Poe

'If Earwigs looked like baby seals:'

1599: Shakespeare's Agent knew what the public wanted

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

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

One Man's Meat is Another Man's Poetry

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

"Now I really hate poetry."

Why we need poetry. . .

"My novel is not a doorstop!"

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

John Bunyan

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

The Grasshopper's Feast: A Prophetic Vision

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

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

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

Omar Khayyam Meets Trader Joe

"Oh, this old thing?"

The Forbidden Joyce Kilmer

Cafe Momus from La Boheme

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

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

'That's one hell of a cat-flap Harry. You must have a big cat, heh, heh.'