Poetry Gifts

"What immortal hand or eye could frame thy fearful symmetry?"

"By God, for a minute there it suddenly all made sense!"

"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"

By Strategic Use of Postcards, Thoreau Manages to Keep Walden Pond Unspoiled

"I'll thank you not to quote Yeats, Godel, or any other reminders of college loan debt."

Dorothy Parker at the Algonquin Round Table

"You have no idea what it's like to be a 'just between you and me' person in a 'just between you and I' world."

License Bureau

Great Poets of Catalogdom

"Once, I tried to change the laces, and the Landmarks Commission came down on me like a ton of bricks."

"You have the right to remain silent, you are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars. You have the right to be here. And, whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should."

"How do I love thee….? Let me count the ways…" "I'm going to want a recount."

"Let me guess – you stayed late at your buddy's place helping him with a, quoth, poem."

Skywriter's Block

T.S. Eliot lacks the courage to eat a peach.

Poet's Corner

Public library - deep end, shallow end.

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

Why we need poetry. . .

'Compare me to a summer's day? In this country?!' (Shakespeare unwittingly insults a lady while reciting a sonnet)

"They say, 'The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one great thing.' Want to hear it?"

Outline; Introduction, Body, Conclusion.

'Fare Thee Well'- Lord Byron Leaving England

"Whoops - I Accidentally Pressed 'Elevator Pitch.'"

Valentines for Real Estate

'You're on our turf, this is poet's corner.' 'It may be your corner, friend, but it's on writers block.'

Meet The Ghostwriter

'On the outside I'm all ho-ho-ho. But inside I feel weak and shaky, like a bowl full of jelly.'

The Love Song Of J. Alfred Crew

"Are you familiar with the poetry of John Donne?"

'I was reviewing your school's expanded course offerings. 'The Poetry of Quantum Mechanics in the Age of Professional Wrestling' seems a bit contrived.'

A Birthday Gift from Shakespeare

'Give me your tired, your poor, your toxic wastes...'

"Young Robert Frost"

"Give...your poor...masses...the...door!" - Emma Lazarus