https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/category-915-week-of-03-03-08 en 2005-2012 shakespearesmonekys@gmail.com 42.65593 -71.33391 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 07:07:59 GMT yacs http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 70 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-7804-estos-huesos-viejos https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-7804-estos-huesos-viejos I am an old soul between nothing and everything in this old hotel in Mexico. We lay iris to iris, bone to bone and it took 540 million years for our eyes to evolve. "Eso es mucho tiempo", I give you in my best spanish, but you don't listen. Even the flies have gone. The ground smells of limes in summer. "It's hot here", you say in english - but you are already blue when I am dirty. Mis manos son pequeñas pero mis huesos no mueva. Además, no puedo oír la lluvia y suspiro para esta medianoche. No puedo leer tú. (My hands are small but my bones still. Besides, I can't hear the rain and sigh for this midnight. I can't read you.) ... more Jasmine Mann Jasmine's Poetry Sat, 31 Jan 2009 07:50:23 GMT /section-72-jasmine-s-poetry#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/7804 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/7804 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A7804 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-7849-a-brisk-walk-past-a-fat-neighbor-on-a-winter-day https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-7849-a-brisk-walk-past-a-fat-neighbor-on-a-winter-day draft 3 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 6 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/7849 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/7849 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A7849 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-7806-a-question-about-poets-and-poetry. https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-7806-a-question-about-poets-and-poetry. I'm serious. This really is about poetry anstey Versed, Re-versed & Unversed Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-113-versed-re-versed-unversed#comments 39 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/7806 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/7806 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A7806 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-7778-i-dream https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-7778-i-dream i dream of the unborn dead naked and bald, crying out for me to save them to answer them i dream of the unborn dead naked and bald, begging  for breath and only that to touch them i dream of the unborn dead naked and bald, silent for me to pray to answer them 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 1 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/7778 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/7778 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A7778 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-7779-in-love https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-7779-in-love after the storm the boat on the mooring the canoe pulled onto the shore the world painted clear the only chipmunk zigs zagless on the edges of footpaths between beech and blueberry bush close, but still above, a tentative finch basks in a twittered question to his relieved mate the wind will return rustling the lips of the water until her complexion is no longer perfect the thunder will return stealing tender from the tops of the mountain, until he booms without ruth but now, the storm has passed the surface is glass the quiet, holy. 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/7779 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/7779 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A7779 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-7812-lori-as-a-frog-in-a-mountain-pond https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-7812-lori-as-a-frog-in-a-mountain-pond She sighed her worries of tumors swimming in her shaved head. healthy as ox, I said You'll be ok. I just know it. She smiled No, I'll be healthy as a frog. 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/7812 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/7812 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A7812 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-7780-nana https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-7780-nana my life is the shadow of brown eyesthe bitter taste of lost kissesand the echo of a smoky voice under orion's belt hail. hail.hail and farewelldream and dreamersmoke and fire my life is the play of light on heartthe gouge of nail through tender boy-fleshand the music of untimely loss hail. hail.hail and farewelldiner and dinnerlove and lover my life is the opening of mouth to breathethe closing of eyes to see inwardand the past. always the past. hail. hail.hail and farewellgrand and grandeurhome and family 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/7780 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/7780 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A7780 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-7813-shiver https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-7813-shiver Spirit on winter wind, guide me to the summer snowflake by snowflake. This is me: A frozen pond cradling drifts, protecting the fish idly swimming beneath. My path unclear. I watch and wait for the Spirit. 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 7 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/7813 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/7813 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A7813 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-7781-snowed-in https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-7781-snowed-in God powders the groundwith cool wet chalkuntil the drawings are gone the details blurred,the edges softand we sink into darker thoughtsof the days since the world died. the gray-white hazeobscures our viewof houses down the streetof cars coming at usof the children laughingas they ride red sleds downalmost-hillstoward once-we-knew roads. I say,"You know where the shovel is." You smile,"somewheresomewhere,"vaguely you gesture, "out there." 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 5 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/7781 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/7781 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A7781 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-7784-poetry-that-makes-you-sick. https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-7784-poetry-that-makes-you-sick. In all seriousness, what type of poetry do you dislike? Some people dislike rhyme, some prose, etc sinnaminsun Versed, Re-versed & Unversed Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:31:15 GMT /section-113-versed-re-versed-unversed#comments 40 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/7784 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/7784 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A7784 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-7844-how-to-tell-she-s-extraordinary https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-7844-how-to-tell-she-s-extraordinary A quarter abandoned On the dirty grocery floor She Smiles, bends And grasps her bounty Tightly In a nine year old fist Rushes up the aisle Skirts the gumball machine A predetermined path To Customer Service Where she slips the silver Into the donation box     Shan Shan's Crap (Shannon McEwen) Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:01:41 GMT /section-37-shan-s-crap-shannon-mcewen#comments 8 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/7844 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/7844 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A7844 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-7826-in-ordnung https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-7826-in-ordnung Tödliche Liebe Mosquitobyte MosquitoBytes Volume 11: Der Sturz von Uriel - 2007-2008 Sun, 23 Mar 2008 23:42:40 GMT /section-477-mosquitobytes-volume-11-der-sturz-von-uriel-2007-2008#comments 6 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/7826 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/7826 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A7826 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-7810-the-quilt-that-love-built https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-7810-the-quilt-that-love-built working in form Rene' Form poetry Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:17:22 GMT /section-512-form-poetry#comments 4 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/7810 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/7810 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A7810 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-7791-booger-salad https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-7791-booger-salad   I made myself a salad As healthy as can be Chopping up some veggies Cause they're good for me As I tossed the salad A sneeze snuck up on me Now my sneezed on salad is As boogery as can be Jen The personal space of Jen Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:16:32 GMT /section-218-the-personal-space-of-jen#comments 3 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/7791 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/7791 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A7791 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-7846-die-kraft-von-gott https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-7846-die-kraft-von-gott Tödliche Liebe Mosquitobyte MosquitoBytes Volume 11: Der Sturz von Uriel - 2007-2008 Sat, 08 Mar 2008 01:38:10 GMT /section-477-mosquitobytes-volume-11-der-sturz-von-uriel-2007-2008#comments 1 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/7846 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/7846 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A7846 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-7808-the-christening https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-7808-the-christening Our role and ritual act before the font befits austere vaults; conforms, concords with baby-wetting sacraments - a feint that goes unquestioned; singing words in thoughtless joy of song; a momentary lift of white christening dress adorning her for some connection to traditions left - we smile to witness oil anoint her hair. I hear no crying in the wilderness but glimpse the churchyard's quiet continuity of brides and births and deaths - the endless dust to dusts in timeless perpetuity - till Babylon's babies dash on zealous stone and Herod's innocents are massacred again. u668857 The Personal Space of U668857 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:48:17 GMT /section-449-the-personal-space-of-u668857#comments 2 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/7808 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/7808 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A7808 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-7829-sie-war-gute-nachrichten https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-7829-sie-war-gute-nachrichten Tödliche Liebe Mosquitobyte MosquitoBytes Volume 11: Der Sturz von Uriel - 2007-2008 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:49:13 GMT /section-477-mosquitobytes-volume-11-der-sturz-von-uriel-2007-2008#comments 1 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/7829 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/7829 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A7829 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-7828-bedeutungslos https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-7828-bedeutungslos Tödliche Liebe Mosquitobyte MosquitoBytes Volume 11: Der Sturz von Uriel - 2007-2008 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:13:44 GMT /section-477-mosquitobytes-volume-11-der-sturz-von-uriel-2007-2008#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/7828 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/7828 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A7828 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-7827-verstorbene-sind-gestiegen https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-7827-verstorbene-sind-gestiegen Tödliche Liebe Mosquitobyte MosquitoBytes Volume 11: Der Sturz von Uriel - 2007-2008 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:12:06 GMT /section-477-mosquitobytes-volume-11-der-sturz-von-uriel-2007-2008#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/7827 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/7827 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A7827 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-7825-schlafende-krankheit https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-7825-schlafende-krankheit Tödliche Liebe Mosquitobyte MosquitoBytes Volume 11: Der Sturz von Uriel - 2007-2008 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:07:49 GMT /section-477-mosquitobytes-volume-11-der-sturz-von-uriel-2007-2008#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/7825 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/7825 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A7825