World Poetry Day Pillows

"I've just invented the question mark."

"Norman is an island."

"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?"

'The history of Glue. It's impossible to put down.'

Library sections; Fiction, non-fiction and do-it-yourself.

"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."

Edgar Allen Poe

"Do me next."

First Novels.

Accelerated reading. Slowpoke reading,

One Man's Meat is Another Man's Poetry

"Now I really hate poetry."

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

Shakespeare does stand-up comedy in the round.

"Not to be a motion picture - will remain just a book'

'Look! The new long awaited, highly anticipated but ultimately disappointing novel by that guy you like.'

"I gotta be me!"

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

1599: Shakespeare's Agent knew what the public wanted

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

Why we need poetry. . .

"My novel is not a doorstop!"

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

The Grasshopper's Feast: A Prophetic Vision

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

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

John Bunyan