https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/category-214-week-of-nbsp-06-11-07 en 2005-2012 shakespearesmonekys@gmail.com 42.65593 -71.33391 Wed, 10 Jun 2026 18:06:23 GMT yacs http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 70 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4782-for-sara-k. https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4782-for-sara-k. for Sara K. we lay wrapped in each other, above the city, above the ocean. beyond the rest of our lives. oh, you captured me. I was so young and your face and your hair and your hands came from nowhere, unsuspecting, and carried me off in our room. loved me across the mornings. “you shake me into the world,” you said to me, afterwards, when we were quiet.       I remember perfectly       the street, the city       the smell of the ocean.       after all those years       I am still caught       unawares when you cross my heart       as I sleep. ... more norm Poetry Fri, 24 Jun 2011 02:01:14 GMT /section-379-poetry#comments 2 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4782 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4782 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4782 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4761-a-garden-of-dead-violets https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4761-a-garden-of-dead-violets DRAFT 1 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/4761 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4761 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4761 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4765-apocolypse-doughnuts https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4765-apocolypse-doughnuts DRAFT 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/4765 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4765 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4765 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4775-cataclysmic-cosmic-approaching-catatonic https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4775-cataclysmic-cosmic-approaching-catatonic mental barf written on a fast food napkin (really) callooh Words Words Words Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-335-words-words-words#comments 7 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4775 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4775 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4775 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4763-dinner-alone https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4763-dinner-alone Draft (more snippet than poem) 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/4763 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4763 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4763 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4764-how-is-it-that-we-still-care https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4764-how-is-it-that-we-still-care DRAFT 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/4764 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4764 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4764 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4762-jealousy-and-soft-guitar-music https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4762-jealousy-and-soft-guitar-music DRAFT 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/4762 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4762 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4762 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4803-love-shit-and-lemons https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4803-love-shit-and-lemons DRAFT 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/4803 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4803 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4803 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4833-making-poetry-popular https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4833-making-poetry-popular Traditionally, poetry was always the MOST popular form of literature, so what changed? anstey Versed, Re-versed & Unversed Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-113-versed-re-versed-unversed#comments 41 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4833 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4833 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4833 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4693-purpose-of-poetry https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4693-purpose-of-poetry Which of the following most closely matches your essential reason for writing poetry? Why should we bother writing in ways that are often obscure and/or difficult to understand? keats The Ninth Hour Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-372-the-ninth-hour#comments 15 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4693 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4693 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4693 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4766-quiet.-love. https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4766-quiet.-love. DRAFT 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/4766 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4766 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4766 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4822-rage https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4822-rage Draft anstey Release the Hounds Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-29-release-the-hounds#comments 3 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4822 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4822 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4822 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4841-saving-the-world https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4841-saving-the-world draft anstey Release the Hounds Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-29-release-the-hounds#comments 1 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4841 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4841 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4841 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4837-step-one-be-loud-in-defense-of-the-arts https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4837-step-one-be-loud-in-defense-of-the-arts Changing the world requires tenacity. It requires making demands, and being blunt. If something matters to you -- fight for it 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/4837 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4837 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4837 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4767-to-my-wife-on-a-monday-morning. https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4767-to-my-wife-on-a-monday-morning. DRAFT anstey Release the Hounds Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-29-release-the-hounds#comments 8 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4767 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4767 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4767 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4804-wild-love-on-western-slopes https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4804-wild-love-on-western-slopes DRAFT anstey Release the Hounds Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-29-release-the-hounds#comments 1 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4804 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4804 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4804 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4805-writing-poetry-together https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4805-writing-poetry-together DRAFT 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/4805 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4805 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4805 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4823-meter-for-dummies https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4823-meter-for-dummies Can we work on meter? Because frankly, I suck at it. There has to be some tid-bit someone can offer to make meter a little less like pulling my hair out one by one. I have written from the time I got up this morning until now (dinner time) and have not been able to come up with even one line that had anything close to meter. I blame it on the fact that I am a tone deaf hick and do not speak with the stress on the appropriate syllables. I really want to become better at this. PLEASE…help me. ... more Someday In May Structures, Styles and Sonnetation Sun, 21 Sep 2008 23:18:11 GMT /section-350-structures-styles-and-sonnetation#comments 31 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4823 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4823 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4823 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4786-the-sopranos https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4786-the-sopranos I'm not a fan, but I did see the last episode Tracey Open Forum For Discussion Tue, 09 Sep 2008 02:56:41 GMT /section-546-open-forum-for-discussion#comments 7 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4786 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4786 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4786 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4787-stage-tv-movies-writing-resources https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4787-stage-tv-movies-writing-resources As someone who almost majored in tv & film Tracey Open Forum For Discussion Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:09:04 GMT /section-546-open-forum-for-discussion#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4787 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4787 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4787