https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/category-1003-week-of-04-07-08 en 2005-2012 shakespearesmonekys@gmail.com 42.65593 -71.33391 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 07:29:24 GMT yacs http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 70 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8177-added-a-personal-space-request-form https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8177-added-a-personal-space-request-form Members can now request a personal space without sending a nasty email. Fill out the form found on the Member Pages-- and your new space will be set up very quickly anstey Site News Tue, 28 Sep 2010 19:10:03 GMT /section-11-site-news#comments 3 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/8177 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/8177 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A8177 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8130-away-from-the-wooden-angel https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8130-away-from-the-wooden-angel i know only dreams of soft woodwhittled down to the face of an angelthe pining whisper of needlesin sides exposed to winter's last cough these are the small magicksthe mysteries of fate, faith and fadinglistless, i stand in a knoll waiting for the last ice to melt it is noon before the sunlight finds mefaceless facing down, watchingthe first step toward an unseen oceanthrough the sediments to the river it is midnight before i find the moonblack, faceless, facing downwatching as i take the first steptoward the ocean anstey Cats with Opposed Thumbs, Chalices of Mucus, and Several other Oddities to Avoid Whilst Poeting Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-509-cats-with-opposed-thumbs-chalices-of-mucus-and-several-other-oddities-to-avoid-whilst-poeting#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/8130 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/8130 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A8130 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8147-chagall-is-a-liar https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8147-chagall-is-a-liar there is no eggwhite round the sun nor maple syrup eyes on dancing bride there blue does not live and breathe no swirl around the moon with flowers no groom is so wistful for roses, nor night so hopeful for a the olive branch or dove there is no color, except the light the dark, and everything between oh wretched painter, paint but  the truth. the truth, damn you not such things as tree branches or the singing footsteps that exit us each one, left to right. anstey Cats with Opposed Thumbs, Chalices of Mucus, and Several other Oddities to Avoid Whilst Poeting Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-509-cats-with-opposed-thumbs-chalices-of-mucus-and-several-other-oddities-to-avoid-whilst-poeting#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/8147 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/8147 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A8147 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8176-comment-bug https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8176-comment-bug For those of you having trouble with making a comment, I believe the problem is patched for now, and the programmer will have a permenant solution with the next release anstey Site News Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-11-site-news#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/8176 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/8176 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A8176 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8120-exciting-contest-news https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8120-exciting-contest-news Due to the generosity of an anonymous benefactor, the total prize for the the Simian Award is doubling anstey Site News Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-11-site-news#comments 2 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/8120 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/8120 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A8120 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8155-i-m-having-trouble-responding-to-comments-left-on-my-poetry https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8155-i-m-having-trouble-responding-to-comments-left-on-my-poetry Help! I need technical assistance in responding to comments on my poetry Celticlion Site Issues & Questions Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-368-site-issues-questions#comments 2 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/8155 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/8155 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A8155 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8014-making-a-mystery-of-pollution https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8014-making-a-mystery-of-pollution Smudge of fire, cold clouds of dawn devour your flaming face; you look like Mars in red defeat- a woman whose last beams of scorn shot down but never reached their mark.   No gazing lovers' eyes were burned last night, your web of stars' slight tremble when I caught you; full and white spying all who would admire the beauty of your March's light, disguised by darkness- when some unknown hour revealed pure anger in your heart.   You tore tides wild, enraged, your violence in unwary seas' blue veins, yet now, I watch the mystery of your bloody face ... more Celticlion Poetry Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-566-poetry#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/8014 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/8014 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A8014 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8168-monkey-update-04-10-08 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8168-monkey-update-04-10-08 Sent on Apr. 10 2008 at 12:57 am to "all" anstey Site News Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-11-site-news#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/8168 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/8168 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A8168 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8146-no-deer-no-headlights https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8146-no-deer-no-headlights oh blue sky, I dare you to leave me  to fly away to  whisk the sun into a puddle of last night's whiskey are you so bold that amber truth might belabor your every point until you are left enraged and too ensconced in noble birthright to believe the clouds? anstey Cats with Opposed Thumbs, Chalices of Mucus, and Several other Oddities to Avoid Whilst Poeting Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-509-cats-with-opposed-thumbs-chalices-of-mucus-and-several-other-oddities-to-avoid-whilst-poeting#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/8146 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/8146 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A8146 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8135-on-the-radio-at-7-05-est https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8135-on-the-radio-at-7-05-est Well it's happening again, my friends at WUML invited me to come talk poetry with them anstey Just a Nastey Journal Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-30-just-a-nastey-journal#comments 4 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/8135 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/8135 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A8135 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8116-specular https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8116-specular This form was invented by poet Julia Copus and, as the name implies, revolves around a reflective quality anstey Structures, Styles and Sonnetation Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-350-structures-styles-and-sonnetation#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/8116 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/8116 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A8116 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8144-stumble https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8144-stumble If you entertain several ideas all at once, inviting suspicion to arrive early, one by one by one- their unshut traps will go hogging down the crowded line of carefully undone appetizers. The tallest mouth eating at the front.   A standing example of why single-filed thinking never hosts parties, where opposing guests having had one too many hasty words, ... more anstey Poetry Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-566-poetry#comments 1 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/8144 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/8144 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A8144 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2136-watching-my-son-put-on-his-socks https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2136-watching-my-son-put-on-his-socks When you fell in love with baseballI didn't say anythingthe connection left me speechless. I glanced over my shoulderand saw Papa out of the corner of my eyeand then his papa behind him. I know you didn'tnotice themuntil you asked me who my favorite wasand I said Jim Rice "Is he in the hall of fame?" I shook my head. "Who was the best Red Sock EVER?"you asked me. "Babe Ruth, and then Ted Williams." "Dad, Babe Ruth was a YANKEE!" "yes, but he was a Red Sock first." Papa smiled ... more anstey Dregs & Other Unreadables Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-77-dregs-other-unreadables#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/2136 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/2136 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A2136 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8145-wool-blanket-on-rough-sand https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8145-wool-blanket-on-rough-sand i sat on a sunny beach alone but for sun and gull to mull the tide and time the words unchosen, my friends that died i spoke in wind-swept wordless tears until the moon with oh'ing yelp deigned to help me learn burnt offerings of  ocean wave the ushered evening resting on the coarse gloucester sand understanding death and faith a wraith hovered with my one last breath i sat on a rain starved beach alone but for sun and sin to win the crab, the mussel then to wait for tide to come again I spoke in pebbleful shells until the gulls had left me to be the manless moon and prayer that here and there mighty croon ... more anstey Cats with Opposed Thumbs, Chalices of Mucus, and Several other Oddities to Avoid Whilst Poeting Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-509-cats-with-opposed-thumbs-chalices-of-mucus-and-several-other-oddities-to-avoid-whilst-poeting#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/8145 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/8145 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A8145 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8191-rind https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8191-rind   do you hate me when you jerk-off into roadside take-out napkins? or maybe,  maybe you really are dead this time. the police will pound on my door I can play surprised and maybe slip on grief; stupid things will be said nothing will be shouted from couches behind tea cups with cold bitter leaves. your mother's bilious vomit will digest her finish a selfless death her greatest tribute; the door slams and your pounding steps shake my bed. do you weep as you climax remembering the whore in France you screwed to show me? in the dark I crush the orange rind that burned my eyes turned my fingertips white before leaving the bitterness on my lips. ... more callooh Words Words Words Wed, 21 May 2008 14:37:10 GMT /section-335-words-words-words#comments 10 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/8191 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/8191 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A8191 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8165-the-idiot-shoppe https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8165-the-idiot-shoppe That's two a dunce, this bum will cost you thrice.     I saw they kept the stupids by the nose; thin wire went through each nostril; a device, that kept the idiots up on their toes. A mighty moron sat sucking his thumb.     These damaged goods aren't worth the cost you claim!   The owner fiddled with a drill, his sum, was earned by driving bargains with sharp brains.     You're smart, I see, said he, let's have a chat.   Two beefy gimps slammed me facedown in spit. ... more Celticlion Poetry Sun, 11 May 2008 11:38:01 GMT /section-566-poetry#comments 3 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/8165 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/8165 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A8165 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8148-the-pornographer-s-hyena https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8148-the-pornographer-s-hyena S'not neccessarily about pornography...Poetry, afterall, is an obscene business Celticlion CelticLion-The Pornographer's Hyena Dies In a Loveless Lair Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:14:35 GMT /section-565-celticlion-the-pornographer-s-hyena-dies-in-a-loveless-lair#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/8148 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/8148 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A8148 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8149-cur https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8149-cur Rocking heads let us mind each ration's lullaby keeps nodding, peace, we all must kiss our guns of purity and pray, no blood above can cock a bullet's voice, no god will give known knees that kneel, the siren's whore is wise, she sings disease, lush slums devised where opportunists close the ghetto's eyes- cruel men defeated, childrens' throats are spooned to feed the dust is won, no burning hand flags stolen lies, demand what breathing skin of sand, dug holes will bury each dog's rise.   ... more Celticlion CelticLion-The Pornographer's Hyena Dies In a Loveless Lair Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:05:55 GMT /section-565-celticlion-the-pornographer-s-hyena-dies-in-a-loveless-lair#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/8149 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/8149 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A8149 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8151-flea https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8151-flea Cold as an eel, our mother's white eyes, done with the killer she drained both his fangs, slurping the venom she slapped out our snot, bullets for breakfast and get the hell out! Harridan's darlings, which one she let live, no time for school- steal a boat, catch a shark, cut out the jaws, soft fins for mum's heart, see, you're the good 'un that means you'll get beat, but sister's the dumd' un, she'll just get goat meat. Years later, I saw her bare hooves beneath coat, ... more Celticlion CelticLion-The Pornographer's Hyena Dies In a Loveless Lair Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:59:30 GMT /section-565-celticlion-the-pornographer-s-hyena-dies-in-a-loveless-lair#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/8151 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/8151 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A8151 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8153-a-goddess-under-the-bed https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8153-a-goddess-under-the-bed On knees  she reached beneath her bed, opening white hands' black box. untouched transclucent air, perfume's tissue, breathing sweet dead leather.  Two sculptures, each red shoe, reverantly brought out. Down to her naked feet, sliding fingers, willowing straps, leather clasping gold, a buckle at each ankle, slim.     Four inches taller, looking down, affected legs, longer below smaller waist, curved calves fuller, stopping at the nipped boundary of red horizons. she dressed and left.     That night, strange music's crooked echo turned dark streets slick, ... more Celticlion CelticLion-The Pornographer's Hyena Dies In a Loveless Lair Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:54:51 GMT /section-565-celticlion-the-pornographer-s-hyena-dies-in-a-loveless-lair#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/8153 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/8153 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A8153