https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/section-201-from-lowell-to-boston Poetry and such written to celebrate National Poetry Month. en 2005-2012 shakespearesmonekys@gmail.com 42.65593 -71.33391 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:44:20 GMT yacs http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 70 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3903-clean-sheets https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3903-clean-sheets i whispered in your ear last night while you slept directing you towards a smile at the end of your dream "love harder," i shushed "love truer," hoarsely "love me," i begged. then, the corner of your lip curled up gently i brushed the hair from your face kissed your forehead and watched you sleep anstey Conferring with the devil Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-253-conferring-with-the-devil#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/3903 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/3903 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A3903 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3716-the-song-we-never-wrote https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3716-the-song-we-never-wrote anstey Trying to apologize Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-224-trying-to-apologize#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/3716 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/3716 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A3716 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3927-2001 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3927-2001 What hope is twisted around pinky fingerto remember the little deaths of peace?What long division calculated by stars,what remainders lost to their cold dust? We are the dread monkeys of reason,the cold souls dancing round the obeliskfor want of evolution and relieffrom begging the moon her tides There are no questions, only answers humbled by our grasshopper tonguesthe flight of our bumblebee thoughtsand the acid etchings of time tattooing our breasts With celtic knots and roman yarns chariots that might carry us away to anothersplit infinity. There are no answersonly questions enjambed into ... more anstey That's my colon Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-256-that-s-my-colon#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/3927 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/3927 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A3927 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3772-a-ditty-for-leaving https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3772-a-ditty-for-leaving anstey Blue skies before snow Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-226-blue-skies-before-snow#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/3772 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/3772 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A3772 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3934-a-go-to-the-market https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3934-a-go-to-the-market anstey Mourning Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-241-mourning#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/3934 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/3934 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A3934 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3838-a-preg--.nant-pause https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3838-a-preg--.nant-pause yeah, still playing with sounds and such anstey Little notebooks Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-245-little-notebooks#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/3838 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/3838 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A3838 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4040-a-recipe-or https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4040-a-recipe-or anstey The Tax-man Cometh Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-244-the-tax-man-cometh#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4040 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4040 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4040 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3536-a-view-from-the-bridge-street-bridge https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3536-a-view-from-the-bridge-street-bridge just a cityscape anstey Fooling Around Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-202-fooling-around#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/3536 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/3536 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A3536 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3561-a-walk-through-the-looming https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3561-a-walk-through-the-looming Lincoln stepped down central streetbefore he was President the Mills were pulsatingleather veins twisting cottoninto fabric he might have noddedas he watched the loomsand thread The printed dresses filthy asyoung girls with dark circles smeared under their eyesvacantly totured the equipment The 7-fingered boyswho knew how bad one mistake could be, even in a short life The cracked voices of forementsearching for dye, and help, unimpressed with an Illinois Senator The silence now is respectful, perhaps because he is gonebut maybe not anstey Relevance Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-203-relevance#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/3561 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/3561 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A3561 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3910-abstinence https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3910-abstinence i know how  salt tastesupon my fat wet tonguethe tingle of tart lemonwhere tip meets fruit and water.smooth hellin short suffocating dreams. i will watch you dine anstey Half-day Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-254-half-day#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/3910 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/3910 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A3910 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3765-accidents-will-happen-look-at-creation https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3765-accidents-will-happen-look-at-creation anstey Crashing Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-233-crashing#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/3765 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/3765 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A3765 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3840-addiction https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3840-addiction anstey Little notebooks Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-245-little-notebooks#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/3840 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/3840 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A3840 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3960-admonishing-my-students-for-false-scholarship https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3960-admonishing-my-students-for-false-scholarship anstey Renewal & Pompous Decisions Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-257-renewal-pompous-decisions#comments 1 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/3960 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/3960 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A3960 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3783-adultery https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3783-adultery anstey Crashing Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-233-crashing#comments 2 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/3783 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/3783 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A3783 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3852-after-seeing-an-old-man-on-a-park-bench https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3852-after-seeing-an-old-man-on-a-park-bench anstey The Tax-man Cometh Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-244-the-tax-man-cometh#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/3852 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/3852 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A3852 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3560-alone https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3560-alone -- anstey Relevance Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-203-relevance#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/3560 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/3560 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A3560 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3945-an-ode-to-a-man-less-loved https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3945-an-ode-to-a-man-less-loved 'tis intemperate, the april rain and those dafodils along the wiry cracks and paved walk by the river; the shoots of spring sunshine barbing along the still of this flood's bloated fat bursting the seams of wandering sliver i sing to him whose visions soar the sour slip of infinity from his perch on that new bridge, inspecting river's rage for signs of shimmering love and roots of ripped out trees that might float below the surface with magnitude ungauged O hallowed fool, step back and dream the sun for me find the poems that cascade your ... more anstey Drizzle Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-242-drizzle#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/3945 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/3945 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A3945 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3670-anticipation https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3670-anticipation bellyaching never solves anything anstey Three nails and a spear Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-214-three-nails-and-a-spear#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/3670 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/3670 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A3670 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3944-apologies-accepted https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3944-apologies-accepted O Rage! Rage! Rage againstmy chest that imight leave you lovedand spent. Pound me fistby fistand then kiss me twice... for lovefor love and then again. apologies accepted O Rage! Rage! Rage againstmy chest that imight leave you lovedand spent. Pound me fistby fistand then kiss me twice... for lovefor love and then again anstey Drizzle Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-242-drizzle#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/3944 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/3944 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A3944 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3604-april-snowflakes https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3604-april-snowflakes .. ok this is real anstey In a Vacuum Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-206-in-a-vacuum#comments 1 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/3604 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/3604 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A3604