https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/category-1717-week-of-nbsp-10-19-09 en 2005-2012 shakespearesmonekys@gmail.com 42.65593 -71.33391 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 03:30:47 GMT yacs http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 70 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-12027-explaining-displacement https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-12027-explaining-displacement I came without you last night; two fingers curled like parentheses between my thighs where I left you. & autumn became just as fleeting. I remember red as if it were currency; borrowed from womanhood and the kiss that claimed us one. I remember how you fed me oranges & I tongued the seeds while my fingers played in your hair. I crawled inside your analogy and made love to you as if I were an eggshell; small and brittle, unable to stand the concrete weight of your hands. I raise the hem of my skirt; my womb has gone back to war beneath ripe cotton. I try to draw a line between us & peel back the blisters of what you left inside of me; the colour of a thousand tight throated blossoms when it bleeds. I bought oranges today & picked dandelions to place on my breasts where your skin still covers me. I smell of sandalwood and citrus- I snuff out my cigarette in the fruits flesh and gnaw on the rind.   ... more Amanda Baker Sometimes...it just is Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:41:21 GMT /section-531-sometimes-.it-just-is#comments 5 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/12027 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/12027 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A12027 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-12023-lies https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-12023-lies  lies    scat ter ed   in the  wind         like the leaves in   Fall   smooth   and    suave       they    drift                 along Ella Grasso Blvd        as cars stir   with each pass    they mingle with the others             I wonder where they will land and     if I am skilled enough to     capture ... more Colleen Sperry Poems Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:01:52 GMT /section-627-poems#comments 4 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/12023 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/12023 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A12023 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-12020-maelstrom https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-12020-maelstrom In the dank echo of the night this mother will soothe away night terrors: terrible krakens rising from the depths of synapse and bone and hot chocolate. Yet still midnight slithers on and my pages are filled with nothing - the rarest flutter of breath in that space between the neck and the shoulder and lace. You come to me, husband, in this squall of isolation with your bible of body; fingers like tentacles wrapping around my skin, a wave of murmur telling me there is no time, there is no poetry. Jasmine Mann Jasmine's Poetry Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:27:12 GMT /section-72-jasmine-s-poetry#comments 3 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/12020 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/12020 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A12020 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-12044-first-impressions https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-12044-first-impressions That printed photograph of you in leotard astride the gym - if not quite false was hardly true, suggesting someone fit and slim enjoying life and working out- no sign of flab or thick-rimmed specs; no sign of tiredness or doubt behind that promised hint of sex. Your adoration knew no bounds and sugared me with winning smiles; in fairness though I gave you grounds to think me flush with minted piles: that mansion flat by Richmond bridge with stucco walls and fleur-de-lis- it wasn't mine, I wasn't rich, despite the wine and gallantry. But so what if sycophantic guise pretended we were god and goddess: uncoil my tongue, believe my lies; for one more shining day be spotless.   ... more u668857 The Personal Space of U668857 Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:26:04 GMT /section-449-the-personal-space-of-u668857#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/12044 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/12044 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A12044 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-12045-flicker https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-12045-flicker Within the early hours of spreading sparks flicker above, Awaking fires with gestured sighs Wherein this heat can burns arise? Remember if I dare to wake the embered past's reknown to break, A heart of fluster's beating through an empty hint of what was you. With apprehension hands extend intertwined within an end, And curving into what was then the past begins to be again. With burning kiss and smoky eyes a flame burns back its grim reprise, As swollen thoughts hold vacant touch caressing love-lorne's flaming rush. Ignites the flicker to a flame Becomes the burning torch of pain. sinnaminsun 2009 ... more sinnaminsun Sinnaminsun: 2009 Poems Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:09:04 GMT /section-768-sinnaminsun-2009-poems#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/12045 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/12045 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A12045 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-12036-datum https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-12036-datum Diaphanous Heliotrope Mercieca, Andrew MosquitoBytes Volume 07: Irradiated mDNA Retrovirus - 2006 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:22:39 GMT /section-709-mosquitobytes-volume-07-irradiated-mdna#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/12036 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/12036 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A12036 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-12035-blood-bank https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-12035-blood-bank Diaphanous Heliotrope Mercieca, Andrew MosquitoBytes Volume 07: Irradiated mDNA Retrovirus - 2006 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:21:24 GMT /section-709-mosquitobytes-volume-07-irradiated-mdna#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/12035 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/12035 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A12035 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-12034-mourn https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-12034-mourn Diaphanous Heliotrope Mercieca, Andrew MosquitoBytes Volume 07: Irradiated mDNA Retrovirus - 2006 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:20:39 GMT /section-709-mosquitobytes-volume-07-irradiated-mdna#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/12034 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/12034 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A12034 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-12033-bumbling https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-12033-bumbling Diaphanous Heliotrope - Words/manipulation: Mosquitobyte; Image: Mr Winter Mercieca, Andrew MosquitoBytes Volume 07: Irradiated mDNA Retrovirus - 2006 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:18:39 GMT /section-709-mosquitobytes-volume-07-irradiated-mdna#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/12033 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/12033 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A12033 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-12032-lairds-fall https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-12032-lairds-fall Diaphanous Heliotrope Mercieca, Andrew MosquitoBytes Volume 07: Irradiated mDNA Retrovirus - 2006 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:13:55 GMT /section-709-mosquitobytes-volume-07-irradiated-mdna#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/12032 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/12032 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A12032 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-12031-sodden-mattress https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-12031-sodden-mattress Diaphanous Heliotrope Mercieca, Andrew MosquitoBytes Volume 07: Irradiated mDNA Retrovirus - 2006 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:11:00 GMT /section-709-mosquitobytes-volume-07-irradiated-mdna#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/12031 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/12031 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A12031 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-12028-the-edge-of-things https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-12028-the-edge-of-things the edge of things   comes as a surprise that warps through the days and hides in ambush along the ridge lines of dreams,   stumbled into in a careless moment, a sudden wind of unfoldings.   the edge of things shimmers in the mind like the thrill   of falling to your death. ... more norm milliken Poetry Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:05:01 GMT /section-379-poetry#comments 2 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/12028 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/12028 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A12028 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-12029-fall-unto-me https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-12029-fall-unto-me On this autumn harvest night wherein a moon burns orangey bright, While embers light the darkened skies and falling leaves wave last goodbyes, Here now I curl and await as autumn's chill soon over-takes. Whispers the tale of fallen friends of fields once green, ambered again Lay hypnotized in earth-tone light fall unto me with grace and might, This cooling field fades yesterday as summer's breeze has blown away. sinnaminsun 2005 sinnaminsun Sinnaminsun: 2005 Poems Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:55:21 GMT /section-774-sinnaminsun-2005-poems#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/12029 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/12029 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A12029 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-12025-swanky-lovin https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-12025-swanky-lovin   In the manner of tinny crooning   From my computer speakers “Let’s stay together”   Sexy soft voice coaxes My heart to smile   When I think of you Naked   And sleeping In my bed Shannon McEwen Love and cheese Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:22:54 GMT /section-653-love-and-cheese#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/12025 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/12025 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A12025 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-12024-the-fall-of-empathy https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-12024-the-fall-of-empathy   Three autumn leaves Topple down Into my path   I trample The bright red one Hear the crackle   When it comes apart And wonder Did it hurt? Shannon McEwen Introspection and belly button lint Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:24:07 GMT /section-655-introspection-and-belly-button-lint#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/12024 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/12024 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A12024 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-12019-how-do-i-love-you https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-12019-how-do-i-love-you (Apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning) u668857 The Personal Space of U668857 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:27:48 GMT /section-449-the-personal-space-of-u668857#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/12019 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/12019 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A12019 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-12018-repeat https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-12018-repeat When the moon wanes away Night eclipsed by day's replay Looses you to anyone As feelings lost are never won. And you try, but still you know Such effort fails and pales to show And I wonder, why it seems approval bleeds from every seam. When the day gives up her sun Setting low as night's begun Chasing stars until they fall Always wish upon them all And a day begins again Shine away the dark within. sinnaminsun 2009 sinnaminsun Sinnaminsun: 2009 Poems Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:22:10 GMT /section-768-sinnaminsun-2009-poems#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/12018 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/12018 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A12018