Sonnet Scribes Mugs

Poets Arguing

Shakespeare loved a grammar joke

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

Shakespeare working on his "author's bio"

Never write a sonnet on an empty stomach

Poetry in motion - Runners quoting poems as they jog.

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

Poetry repairman

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

Poetry Buff.

Church: Open Sundays

William Shakespeare

Alexander Pope

The Poet.

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

Computer literate Monk

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

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

4 Rules For 'Serious' Poets

Thomas Wyatt

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

Algernon Swinburne

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

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

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!'

Alexander Blok

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

'Precise, analytical and beautifully reasoned address. Now condense it down to a snappy sports metaphor.'

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

Monk writing the scriptures on a roll

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

'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?'