https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/section-119-rhiannon-s-poetry Recent work -- Comments and suggestions wanted! en 2005-2012 shakespearesmonekys@gmail.com 42.65593 -71.33391 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 18:34:02 GMT yacs http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 70 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5461-deepest-ecology https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5461-deepest-ecology Ode to Gaia Rhiannon Jones Rhiannon's Poetry Sun, 17 Feb 2008 20:51:19 GMT /section-119-rhiannon-s-poetry#comments 4 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/5461 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/5461 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A5461 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3646-four-eyes https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3646-four-eyes Skittering black they cast for cluesDart with reserveAnd silent study Careful they test the tidesThen twinkleDeadpan mischief His eyes of shy puzzlementConceal a troveOf quiet savvy *** Ice tender blueGlass-framed glareUnravels to quixotic gaze All but disappear in smilesquintsThen vanish fullIn weary retraction His eyes of reproachMask so sheerlyA poet’s soul *** Four eyesTwo eyesToo many (January 2007) Rhiannon Jones Rhiannon's Poetry Thu, 05 Apr 2007 22:26:10 GMT /section-119-rhiannon-s-poetry#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/3646 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/3646 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A3646 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3645-look-away https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3645-look-away She looks away askance afarHe craves her promise rare elusive and silk-wrapped in worth Yet gaze direct heartfelt and true He dreams paradiseThrums on foreign shore Preserve potentialAnd amber-encased sparksReside safely In pretty imprisoned impossibility Rhiannon Jones Rhiannon's Poetry Thu, 05 Apr 2007 22:09:18 GMT /section-119-rhiannon-s-poetry#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/3645 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/3645 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A3645 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3471-bloom https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3471-bloom : “Nothing is less real than realism. Details are confusing. It is only by selection, by elimination, by emphasis that we get at the real meaning of things.” -- Georgia O’Keeffe Inspiration: Red Canna (1923), Oriental Poppies (1928), Light Iris (1924) & Georgia O Rhiannon Jones Rhiannon's Poetry Sat, 31 Mar 2007 20:54:24 GMT /section-119-rhiannon-s-poetry#comments 3 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/3471 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/3471 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A3471 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3276-high-altar https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3276-high-altar written for a friend..but commentary still welcome Rhiannon Jones Rhiannon's Poetry Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:22:26 GMT /section-119-rhiannon-s-poetry#comments 1 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/3276 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/3276 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A3276 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3245-shadow-boxing https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3245-shadow-boxing The bell rings Rhiannon Jones Rhiannon's Poetry Fri, 23 Feb 2007 13:00:15 GMT /section-119-rhiannon-s-poetry#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/3245 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/3245 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A3245 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2782-found https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2782-found Steady Rhiannon Jones Rhiannon's Poetry Fri, 23 Feb 2007 04:50:10 GMT /section-119-rhiannon-s-poetry#comments 3 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/2782 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/2782 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A2782 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2783-in-spite-of-because-of https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2783-in-spite-of-because-of For a friend Rhiannon Jones Rhiannon's Poetry Fri, 23 Feb 2007 04:48:02 GMT /section-119-rhiannon-s-poetry#comments 4 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/2783 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/2783 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A2783 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3205-so-feigned https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3205-so-feigned O Dree Rhiannon Jones Rhiannon's Poetry Thu, 22 Feb 2007 14:46:27 GMT /section-119-rhiannon-s-poetry#comments 2 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/3205 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/3205 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A3205 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3238-plum-red https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3238-plum-red two renditions of one poem...i wonder how they compare Rhiannon Jones Rhiannon's Poetry Thu, 22 Feb 2007 13:54:11 GMT /section-119-rhiannon-s-poetry#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/3238 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/3238 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A3238 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2793-to-shut-me-up https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2793-to-shut-me-up WARNING: Based on a minor personal slice-of-life event of a few days ago. Contains an expletive, simply because that is what was said. Just the facts, Mam Rhiannon Jones Rhiannon's Poetry Wed, 21 Feb 2007 09:39:06 GMT /section-119-rhiannon-s-poetry#comments 6 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/2793 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/2793 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A2793 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3206-shakespearian-sheath-sonnet https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3206-shakespearian-sheath-sonnet Warning: Not for the easily offended, nor the Shakespearian purist. This sonnet contains bad blanks Rhiannon Jones Rhiannon's Poetry Wed, 21 Feb 2007 05:41:23 GMT /section-119-rhiannon-s-poetry#comments 1 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/3206 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/3206 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A3206 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3203-park-bench https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3203-park-bench does this work at all? Rhiannon Jones Rhiannon's Poetry Sun, 18 Feb 2007 15:34:17 GMT /section-119-rhiannon-s-poetry#comments 1 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/3203 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/3203 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A3203 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3179-currently-untitled https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3179-currently-untitled This was once posted at a different site. It once had a title. I'm looking for a new title. I'm also considering cutting out stanzas 5,6,& 7....suggestions welcome, as always! Rhiannon Jones Rhiannon's Poetry Fri, 16 Feb 2007 22:55:27 GMT /section-119-rhiannon-s-poetry#comments 6 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/3179 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/3179 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A3179 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3188-the-mathemagician https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3188-the-mathemagician Written for my tween-age son Rhiannon Jones Rhiannon's Poetry Fri, 16 Feb 2007 02:07:06 GMT /section-119-rhiannon-s-poetry#comments 1 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/3188 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/3188 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A3188 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3058-blank-wall-vilanelle https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3058-blank-wall-vilanelle My first stab at a villanelle. I'm not happy with it. It makes me giggle....I think maybe the subject matter doesn't lend itself to the kind of gravity the form seems to give it. It sounds kind of ridiculous to me....like singing "Don't Worry...Be Happy!" in Gregorian chant Rhiannon Jones Rhiannon's Poetry Wed, 14 Feb 2007 02:41:25 GMT /section-119-rhiannon-s-poetry#comments 1 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/3058 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/3058 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A3058 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2794-summer-sonnet https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2794-summer-sonnet This one's been revised. Thanks to Leanne for substantive suggestions Rhiannon Jones Rhiannon's Poetry Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:29:34 GMT /section-119-rhiannon-s-poetry#comments 2 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/2794 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/2794 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A2794