Sonnet Scribe Gifts

Alexander Blok

Shakespeare loved a grammar joke

"Eventually the instrument becomes an extension of your body."

Never write a sonnet on an empty stomach

Poetry in motion - Runners quoting poems as they jog.

"I wrote a poem, even though I'm on vacation."

Shakespeare working on his "author's bio"

Poetry repairman

Olden Day Battle of the Bands (Bard vs Sonnet).

'Just tell him two quarts of milk and a pint of cream, Will- it doesn't have to be a sonnet.'

Poetry Buff.

William Shakespeare

Church: Open Sundays

The Poet.

Computer literate Monk

'Are you sure this is the only way to get rid of your writers block?'

'Major poets' 'Minor poets' 'Free agents'

"Hi...Marvin Ramage - composer/ arranger/ musician author and rich."

Thomas Wyatt

4 Rules For 'Serious' Poets

'Oh, come on, Bill, surely you can do better than 'there was an old lady from Nantucket!''

'Last week's sermon was supposed to be about Plagues, but I got the flu.'

"I'm writing a novel, but it's hard to find alone time."

"Listen, you'll take another break after Deuteronomy and I'll make you some chicken noodle soup."

Algernon Swinburne

500 pages and one masterpiece later, Stephan makes a horrifying discovery.

'One reason I like hanging out with you is you give me so many good ideas for my sermons.'

'Hold the front page, Brother Cuthbert!'

'All I want to know is--when do I get to use the quadratic formula, political facts of South America, frog anatomy, the ecology of Johnson Creek, and the billions of other things I spent twelve years studying so diligently?'

'I'd like to renew my poetic license!'

"I just want to thank you for not naming names."

"...and so I left Wall Street and made a killing in poetry."

Monk writing the scriptures on a roll

REPENT, 'Hey! -- Go find your own corner!'