Poems Prints

'She said she was made out of sugar and spice, so I bit her.'

"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?"

"You're going to hate yourself."

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

"Meet The Author"

Edgar Allen Poe

"Do me next."

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

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

"Now I really hate poetry."

Shakespeare does stand-up comedy in the round.

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

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

1599: Shakespeare's Agent knew what the public wanted

One Man's Meat is Another Man's Poetry

"I gotta be me!"

Why we need poetry. . .

"My novel is not a doorstop!"

John Bunyan

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

The Grasshopper's Feast: A Prophetic Vision

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

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

William Shakespeare sitting at a desk

"Out damn Spot

T. S. Eliot Meets Beavis And Butthead

Iliadette.

Omar Khayyam Meets Trader Joe

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

"Oh, this old thing?"