https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/category-852-poetry en 2005-2012 shakespearesmonekys@gmail.com 42.65593 -71.33391 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 01:50:47 GMT yacs http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 70 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-13015-for-what-and-other-unspoken-things https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-13015-for-what-and-other-unspoken-things I dream of cinnamon bark by a warm sea in a distant land where she can see my soul with her eternal eye I say her name like silence under a red star as winter becomes winter and I cool in the dry air she tells me, “Poetry is enough.”   Stephan Anstey Lost along the weigh Sun, 01 Jan 2012 22:30:43 GMT /section-809-lost-along-the-weigh#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/13015 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/13015 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A13015 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-13014-arguments-unworth-arguing https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-13014-arguments-unworth-arguing she lied when she said every poem is about sex i tell her this through her long tut tuts her short tsktsks  her midland shhhhh's  you're wrong, some poetry's about love same thing she says Stephan Anstey Lost along the weigh Sun, 01 Jan 2012 22:16:25 GMT /section-809-lost-along-the-weigh#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/13014 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/13014 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A13014 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-12107-poetic-reference https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-12107-poetic-reference I need no raven flying through my door I know enough to know never more But worse it was never known I understand to yearn to ache to want  To have an idyll placed before all else To never attain pining and lost I need not hear the center cannot hold I know already things fall apart But worse was never to have been Tormented by should have could have would have To see perfection every day and not measure up To think of the wonders and always be out of synch I need to know that I have miles to go That there are things undone that must be Reassure me that there will always be tomorrow That all is not lost wasted and futile To see the imperfection and mundane glorified To every day attempt the climb to that lofty place ... more Winter Frost Questions Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:32:32 GMT /section-365-questions#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/12107 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/12107 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A12107 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-11545-poetography https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-11545-poetography Poetry and Photography Michael Domino Poetography Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:10:34 GMT /section-761-poetography#comments 2 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/11545 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/11545 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A11545 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-11396-don-t-judge-me https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-11396-don-t-judge-me “Don’t judge me”   A sign I hold here begging for food You walk right past me calling me a crazy fool You utter words for me to get a job as you walk right pass me With no knowledge of my life you judge me by what you see My family is hungry and times are tough My job let me go because things are getting rough I had a job that filled me such pride and joy ... more Dawnmarie Desroches Personal Space of Dawnmarie Desroches Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:50:11 GMT /section-759-personal-space-of-dawnmarie-desroches#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/11396 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/11396 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A11396 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8778-c.-e.-chaffin-s-links https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8778-c.-e.-chaffin-s-links I'm new to this monkey business so don't know quite how to go about posting things, or what the etiquette is, so I thought I'd just start with links to my website and blog, where you can sample publications and follow my ongoing journey with poetry and manic-depression, the latter seen through the eye of a physician/poet. I've also linked my magazine, The Melic Review, presently on hiatus but with eight years of archives C. E. CE's Personal Space Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-578-ce-s-personal-space#comments 4 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/8778 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/8778 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A8778 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8572-maybe-you-ll-enjoy https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8572-maybe-you-ll-enjoy Just a couple of things I was working on. The volume sounds low on some people's machines. I don't quite have that part figured out yet anstey Just a Nastey Journal Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-30-just-a-nastey-journal#comments 3 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/8572 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/8572 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A8572 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8557-conversation-with-myself https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8557-conversation-with-myself I ruthlessly exploit my own mind for poetry Celticlion Unbelievably Interesting Crap About Me Fri, 16 May 2008 13:49:14 GMT /section-581-unbelievably-interesting-crap-about-me#comments 3 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/8557 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/8557 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A8557 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8347-scarlett-ashley-and-rhett-butler-s-ass https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8347-scarlett-ashley-and-rhett-butler-s-ass "Say Scarlett, does this stuff just fall out of your ass? Scarlett was standing next to her prized donkey, Rhett Butler. "Why, whatever do you mean, Ashley?" She batted her green eyes and smiled coyly. "All this flowery stuff around here." "Oh, no",  she laughed, in tones she hoped resembled tiny tinkling bells. "All that", she cocked her head demurely towards her book of poems, "comes out of me." "Wow, that's incredible." He said with genuine amazement. She lowered her eyes, as if such admiration overwhelmed her delicate sensibilities. "You see" she said in a confiding whisper, "I have always been at the mercy of the muses, and they demand from me the noble and relentless pursuit of beauty's perfection, which I must struggle for from the very depths of my fragile soul and..." ... more Celticlion A Load of Empty Boxes Thu, 08 May 2008 23:04:01 GMT /section-567-a-load-of-empty-boxes#comments 6 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/8347 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/8347 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A8347 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8272-this-is-me https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8272-this-is-me Hello to any reader (and I hope there may be one or two) I live in England and I write purely on an amateur basis. I am early retired living with my wife in the heart of the Cotswolds a countryside area in England.Have a small self published booklet containing verse of Love and nature pursuits. This Poem really is my interpretation of me. Take care. Dave moordykspot Poetry Sun, 04 May 2008 13:02:03 GMT /section-576-poetry#comments 6 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/8272 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/8272 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A8272 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-8280-for-jayne https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8280-for-jayne This Poem "For Jayne" came about after a prolonged period of non writing. I have never been what you might call a prolific writer but this period of abstainence had been longer than usual.I am a great fan of Cliffort T Ward singer songwriter now deceased and he has a record entitled "Jayne from Andromeda spiral". At the time of writing I was moving my life in a different direction and Jayne way out in space in another world seemed the ideal choice of recipient for this verse moordykspot Poetry Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:20:07 GMT /section-576-poetry#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/8280 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/8280 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A8280 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-7203-red-tailed-hawk https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-7203-red-tailed-hawk The diamante is a diamond-shaped poem, seven lines, with specific type and number of words on each line. I haven't posted on this site in quite a long time, and figured I'd try again angelkat Poetry Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:25:26 GMT /section-362-poetry#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/7203 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/7203 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A7203