https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/section-185-the-lilly-pad Where a frog feels most at home. en 2005-2012 shakespearesmonekys@gmail.com 42.65593 -71.33391 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 19:04:59 GMT yacs http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 70 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5779-expanses https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5779-expanses   Prison walls with a fresco sunset:    The walls are psychic; the expanse is a flat mirror.    And the bar is the only bar, the home the only home,   The skinnier roads lead to a place that narrows into a fine point.    We see a straight line disappear into the horizon and assume that it shall always be straight,   Unless we follow and see   It accommodates rocks and rolling ground, blasts off into jagged cliff ... more limeymcfrog The Lilly Pad Tue, 20 May 2008 15:58:42 GMT /section-185-the-lilly-pad#comments 5 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/5779 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/5779 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A5779 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8592-chang-tzu-s-butterfly https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8592-chang-tzu-s-butterfly The sunlight with its alchoholic dew Has charmed my eyes to blink aside the day And when it ope'd the night was choking vapor And mortal panic ticked away the seconds   Was I meant... To toil my nights and rest my days? To dream my life and live my dreams? limeymcfrog The Lilly Pad Wed, 14 May 2008 12:54:49 GMT /section-185-the-lilly-pad#comments 4 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/8592 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/8592 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A8592 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8594-the-problem-of-pain https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8594-the-problem-of-pain That Maverick Ethan Hunt would tell me "Your are possesed of an alien spirit sacrificed to a volcano eons ago and this holocaust's psychic imprint can be removed with thorough auditing and a hefty donation"   The priest would call it heavy sin upon my conscience.  "You must," He says, "repent with five Hail Mary's and a hefty donation"   The Atheist would call it nerves and tissue While the Agnostic wouldn't have a clue   And Christian Science would tell me to accept my self as spiritual; a spectre that can part from earthly slings and arrows while my heart still beats within ... more limeymcfrog The Lilly Pad Tue, 13 May 2008 18:05:38 GMT /section-185-the-lilly-pad#comments 7 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/8594 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/8594 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A8594 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8593-dark-reptilia https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8593-dark-reptilia When higher aims are left behind to languish And killer rage demands its rightful space And nature has forsaken logic’s hand   The head will twist its sinews into anguish And mutiny against the vile and base Ignoring dark reptilia’s demand. limeymcfrog The Lilly Pad Tue, 13 May 2008 06:55:14 GMT /section-185-the-lilly-pad#comments 1 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/8593 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/8593 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A8593 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4845-the-silver-apples-of-the-moon https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4845-the-silver-apples-of-the-moon If you haven't already.... READ YEATS limeymcfrog The Lilly Pad Sun, 17 Jun 2007 18:37:38 GMT /section-185-the-lilly-pad#comments 1 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4845 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4845 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4845 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4779-sonnet-of-the-young-man https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4779-sonnet-of-the-young-man Sonnet of the Young Man The day I learned that I could turn the globeAt any speed, toward any goal I choseIs when I felt the suffering of Job,And gave my soul ill-fitted, humble clothes.So terrified was I to merely thinkOf using forces now in my employ;Unsure if lust would tip me o’er the brink,And cause my honest wishes to destroy.Thus years elapsed ere I could quell the fearOf consequence that robbed me of my skill.My frailty tempests never so severeThat conscience breezes could not calm at will. I trust the inner battle ... more limeymcfrog The Lilly Pad Tue, 12 Jun 2007 04:06:41 GMT /section-185-the-lilly-pad#comments 2 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4779 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4779 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4779 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3289-sooth-a-new-poem https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3289-sooth-a-new-poem Sooth ""-- Limeymcfrog - Shakespeare's Monkeys Upon her empty bed, she considered the air thick with color and spinning, shifting shapes. How simple to let it pin her. She reflected serenely, "At the end I shall be smothered by technicolor tar." She gasped, turned, and let the swirling wildness fall upon her back. She stirred, her darkness interrupted by grazing pressure from angelic fingers. "Circumstance rendered us helpless. There is solace, but there is no rescue. You will grieve. I will grieve. It is natural. It is life." The familiar hand slowly drew along and then away ... more limeymcfrog The Lilly Pad Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:25:14 GMT /section-185-the-lilly-pad#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/3289 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/3289 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A3289 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4694 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4694 Hungry 34 I trace the spoon across my wrist. The cool graze gives lightning undulations. My tongue draws cooling corrosive baths for phantom food; sent by yearning eyes to digest air. My shame is warm and heavy.It stitches me to the groundnever to blow away or to rise. And so I keep the spoon gliding back and forth. Sanding skin. Patience… limeymcfrog The Lilly Pad Fri, 08 Jun 2007 16:52:59 GMT /section-185-the-lilly-pad#comments 8 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4694 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4694 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4694 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4457-wedding-sonnet https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4457-wedding-sonnet comissioned by my bride limeymcfrog The Lilly Pad Thu, 07 Jun 2007 02:41:27 GMT /section-185-the-lilly-pad#comments 5 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4457 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4457 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4457 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3420-mcfrog-goes-to-the-mall https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3420-mcfrog-goes-to-the-mall my disillusioning introduction to civil disobedience limeymcfrog The Lilly Pad Fri, 06 Apr 2007 16:21:42 GMT /section-185-the-lilly-pad#comments 2 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/3420 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/3420 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A3420