https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/category-164-week-of-nbsp-05-07-07 en 2005-2012 shakespearesmonekys@gmail.com 42.65593 -71.33391 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 06:48:07 GMT yacs http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 70 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4139-what-are-you-reading https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4139-what-are-you-reading What's everyone reading right now? anstey Novel Ideas, Short Inspiration & Spew Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:36:59 GMT /section-273-novel-ideas-short-inspiration-spew#comments 102 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4139 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4139 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4139 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4183-for-the-sake-of-sounding https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4183-for-the-sake-of-sounding I shed my clothes. Free of the strings that tangle me to the tide. I stand, rooted as the pines, reckoned to charred stillness. There is no rain today. No rain, No wind, Nothing to calm this raging skin. Even the rivers have renounced their translation. I kneel, amongst the silt. Once yielding comfort, now nothing more than muted debris. Unsettled in these restraints I throw stones, for the sake of sounding.         Somday In May Hopefully Apathetic Wed, 27 May 2009 16:45:48 GMT /section-228-hopefully-apathetic#comments 5 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4183 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4183 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4183 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4137-advertising https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4137-advertising   anstey Navigation Boxes Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-6-navigation-boxes#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4137 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4137 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4137 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4224-after-these-messages https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4224-after-these-messages Hey folks, i'm heading out for a first communion in New Jersey. I'll be home tomorrow morning anstey Just a Nastey Journal Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-30-just-a-nastey-journal#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4224 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4224 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4224 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4189-battle-of-the-poets https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4189-battle-of-the-poets 1. the first sunrise was hidden in gray cotton swaddled in dew and tall grass she is holy, she is holy, lord she is holy. the second dawn was naked the sun a pink nipple the day sucking for dear life she is the lamb she is the lamb prepare the sacrifice the last morning was delivered on the voice of horns, in the shade of white wings and the smell of the sea he bowed and prayed. Alleluia. 2. noon was blanketed in raindrops and warmed by buttercups gold glow he is holy he is holy lord, he is holy another noon was born breathless the body blue, and all life anticipating the newness of another now he is the lamb he is the lamb prepare the sacrifice then, noon blared upon a saxophone the rhythm of hip young men and an endless bopping bass of blues he bowed and prayed Alleluia ... more anstey Release the Hounds Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-29-release-the-hounds#comments 4 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4189 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4189 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4189 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4726-being-an-island https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4726-being-an-island what hope has any sparrow when the morning's old and faded every fisherman on the shore empty-handed, broken -- jaded feathered wings afluttering and songless songs all sung what hope has any sparrow though when nothings what the day has brung? what dream has any cricket when the evening's only rain every firefly's hidden and the summer's only pain happy music's lost again sleep is dark and endless what dream has any sparrow though when the moon can seem so friendless? what aspirations have the clouds when all the world is sand every bone is bleached white and death seems ... more anstey Release the Hounds Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-29-release-the-hounds#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4726 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4726 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4726 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4724-leaving-for-work https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4724-leaving-for-work there's hope in the bathroom, there're dreams by the bed, there's something forgotten that we should have said... but the stars are all sleeping and the sun dances alone. there are promises keeping us both far from home... now tell me the story of how we don't meet.. the endless tale of forlorn as we make our retreat.. from friendship from mountains, from tall trees and the sea... yes tell me the story that's not you or me. well there's love in the attic, there're tears on the floor... there's no hope around us as we ... more anstey Release the Hounds Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-29-release-the-hounds#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4724 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4724 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4724 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2340-like-the-way-your-lips-twitch https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2340-like-the-way-your-lips-twitch she wears her blondlike a crucifix.A distinction earned hard, the old fashioned way.At least on your back, the blood won't flow down it. So, the only thing leftis the sequel-she'll starwearing sequinsand smoking. the last scene-cut to the fall from the pier,voice-over shrieking the originalin mad love with the blondblood flows down whipped backsit's all about the sequelfell from the pier, shrieking Alcuin of York Seriously Good Poems, Beloved by Stephan Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-88-seriously-good-poems-beloved-by-stephan#comments 1 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/2340 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/2340 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A2340 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4222-monkey-kick-off-scores https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4222-monkey-kick-off-scores Oh yeah.. you know you have to try anstey Open Forum For Discussion Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-546-open-forum-for-discussion#comments 17 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4222 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4222 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4222 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3341-more-bits-for-later https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3341-more-bits-for-later in the time of cool evenings  the sun dying through the pale green of new leaves cloistered in the grove and the branches arc to a sky washed gold dreams spiral up and on to float with the clouds billowing to the sea and a rush of wind stirs the canopy and conjures spring. Pug Mayne Something to work with Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-168-something-to-work-with#comments 1 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/3341 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/3341 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A3341 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4180-mosaic-mama-memories https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4180-mosaic-mama-memories Mother's Day Tribute AmaNana AmaNana's Personal Space Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-278-amanana-s-personal-space#comments 3 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4180 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4180 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4180 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4140-not-really-a-general-forum-but-. https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4140-not-really-a-general-forum-but-. While I know that Emily disagrees with me anstey Open Forum For Discussion Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-546-open-forum-for-discussion#comments 28 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4140 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4140 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4140 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4138-optimal-word-counts https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4138-optimal-word-counts Out of curiosity, what is the optimal word count when creating a draft article? anstey Articles, Memoirs & Essays Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-272-articles-memoirs-essays#comments 6 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4138 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4138 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4138 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4145-setting-down-a-novel-picking-it-up-again https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4145-setting-down-a-novel-picking-it-up-again I've heard a thousand times about writers who start novels and never get back to them anstey Novel Ideas, Short Inspiration & Spew Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-273-novel-ideas-short-inspiration-spew#comments 6 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4145 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4145 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4145 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4150-shakespeare-s-monkeys https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4150-shakespeare-s-monkeys Sent on May 8 2007 at 12:07 am GMT to "members" anstey Archived letters Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-98-archived-letters#comments 1 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4150 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4150 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4150 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4161-shakespeare-s-monkeys-presents https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4161-shakespeare-s-monkeys-presents The Summer Simian Contest $100 Grand Prize! This year Shakespeare’s Monkeys are looking for the best poem of the year and it might be yours. Starting with the Summer Simian, a poem will win $100 USD, and qualify for the finals in December – and another $100 prize. There are no limits on theme or form. The most important aspects of all entries is originality and artistic merit. Poetry Contest Rules: 1. Send up to 3 poems of no more than 25 lines to submissions@shakespearesmonkeys.com and a $5 (US Dollars) entry fee via paypal to Stephan@anstey.org . 2. Poems must not have been published previously or have won any prize in any previous competition of any kind. You do not need to be an unpublished poet, but the poems you submit must be unpublished. 4. Poems must not be entered in any other contest, nor simultaneously offered elsewhere for publication. 5. Poems will be judged on literary merit. 6. Entries must received on or before May 27, 2007. Multiple entries may be submitted, but no more than 3 per $5 entry fee. 7. Winners will be announced publicly on June 1, 2007  on our web site at: http://www.shakespearesmonkeys.com 8. By accepting a prize, any winner of a cash prize authorizes Shakespeare’s Monkeys to use the winning entry in print and on site in perpetuity. All poets retain copyright and all other publication rights to their work. We place no restrictions on the rights of winners to publish or sell their work elsewhere following the announcement of prizes. 9. Prizes will be awarded in person (when possible) or sent by first class postal mail. Payments are made by international postal money order so that prizes may be cashed at a post office by the winners without bank charges being assessed. Winners need not be in attendance at the prize announcements to receive their prizes. Prizes are paid in American dollars. ALL PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED. 10. Poems will be judged blindly by the editorial board of Shakespeare’s Monkeys. The judges will have no knowledge of the identity of the poet for any poem. ... more Julie Contests & Funds Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-137-contests-funds#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4161 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4161 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4161 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4164-some-day-in-may https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4164-some-day-in-may Seriously have any of you read Mandi's poetry? She has some absolutely wonderful work anstey Versed, Re-versed & Unversed Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-113-versed-re-versed-unversed#comments 5 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4164 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4164 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4164 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4146-sub-rosa https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4146-sub-rosa Things are happening, beneath the rose bush, that might be of interest to you all. However anstey Just a Nastey Journal Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-30-just-a-nastey-journal#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4146 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4146 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4146 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4163-the-contest-and-other-things-. https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4163-the-contest-and-other-things-. Well, yes, this contest (Shakespeare’s Monkeys Presents) has been on my mind a while anstey Just a Nastey Journal Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-30-just-a-nastey-journal#comments 1 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4163 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4163 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4163 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4725-trying-to-be-cool https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4725-trying-to-be-cool anstey Release the Hounds Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-29-release-the-hounds#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4725 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4725 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4725