Romantic Poetry Gifts

Hopeless Romantic - "I wandered lonely as a hat..."

"Not too bad, except that my heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains my sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk. And you? Are you okay?

"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?"

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

"You're going to hate yourself."

"Meet The Author"

I'm looking for a man who can meet my needs - Cream meringue master-chef.

Edgar Allen Poe

"Do me next."

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

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

'Charlie is the first to admit that he's too old for me.'

"You're such a good listener."

Venus

Shakespeare does stand-up comedy in the round.

1599: Shakespeare's Agent knew what the public wanted

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

One Man's Meat is Another Man's Poetry

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

"Now I really hate poetry."

Sauvignon Bonk

"I gotta be me!"

Why we need poetry. . .

"My novel is not a doorstop!"

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

John Bunyan

"I wish I had her jewelry." "I wish I had his wife." "I wish I had her figure." "I wish I had his money."

The Grasshopper's Feast: A Prophetic Vision

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

"I know we just met, but all I got is a twenty-four-hour pass!"

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