Poetry Month Gifts

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

The unknown war poet.

"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"

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

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

"Do me next."

Edgar Allen Poe

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

"I gotta be me!"

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

Shakespeare does stand-up comedy in the round.

"Now I really hate poetry."

Why we need poetry. . .

"My novel is not a doorstop!"

Cow jumping over the moonshine.

The Grasshopper's Feast: A Prophetic Vision

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

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

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

Florida - Still Gay as F**k

John Bunyan

Updated Nursery Rhyme #27.

"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

Iliadette.