https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/section-227-but-april-brought-rain en 2005-2012 shakespearesmonekys@gmail.com 42.65593 -71.33391 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 11:52:21 GMT yacs http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 70 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3877-the-language-of-leaving https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3877-the-language-of-leaving but I didn’t mention that I fell in love with you somewhere in between those sheets and your smile I laced myself upon your familiar lips hoping I would somehow become part of their dialect but my name became nothing more than the morning breath you sterilize and rinse away Somday In May But April brought rain Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:37:10 GMT /section-227-but-april-brought-rain#comments 6 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/3877 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/3877 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A3877 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3818-the-last-place-i-looked https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3818-the-last-place-i-looked He used to leave little yellow post-it's before he left for work. Always in places he knew I would find them. The scribbled hello's never seemed heartfelt until he stopped sending them. Somday In May But April brought rain Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:34:32 GMT /section-227-but-april-brought-rain#comments 3 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/3818 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/3818 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A3818 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3734-dirty-laundry-is-easier-to-swallow-with-chardonnay https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3734-dirty-laundry-is-easier-to-swallow-with-chardonnay and I can't go there, not again. It's so fucking cold there. I'll regret nothing, and everything. But I will carry this knowledge of avoidance in my left hip pocket with the lint the dryer left from your old t-shirt.   Somday In May But April brought rain Sat, 20 Jun 2009 04:07:26 GMT /section-227-but-april-brought-rain#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/3734 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/3734 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A3734 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3816-i-loved-you-again-after-coffee https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3816-i-loved-you-again-after-coffee 6 am the sudden startle of morning sounds itself in the static of the alarm my legs give pause before sliding over the side not in dread, but reluctant to depart the pitch of yours I fumble in the kitchen over last night's leftovers and todays duties hoping for Columbian roast I pull my robe a little tighter chilled in the absence of last night of us We were something holy I held my breath   Somday In May But April brought rain Sat, 20 Jun 2009 04:06:09 GMT /section-227-but-april-brought-rain#comments 3 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/3816 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/3816 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A3816 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-11466-absence-is-persistent https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-11466-absence-is-persistent i. i am tempted by the momentum of hands and the possibilites fingers hold when pressed lightly on heavy shoulders because "alone" has teeth these days ii. i haven't written in months and i need to wage a war against logic against the cruelty of puncuation   because somehow i can breath in the freedom of a run on sentance   iii. i will not write of tears memory or half empty beds at two thirty a.m. because realization feels too much like an epilouge and i haven't the language iv. it should have been smaller the moment where weakness became another word for fucking just for promise of heat and that truth will leave a mark v. i am jealous of writers whos words never betray them mine have gutted me because absence is persistent and i struggle to find a single harsh word to cut you deep enough   ... more Amanda Baker But April brought rain Fri, 29 May 2009 15:33:44 GMT /section-227-but-april-brought-rain#comments 1 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/11466 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/11466 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A11466 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5427-in-passing https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5427-in-passing He has changed meto the fondness of him I have his handsat midnightcrouched in the whisperthat betrays my voice He grits his teethagainst the boneI borrowed of him holding my eyesin the burden of lightwhere intrusive shadows dream aloud Someday In May But April brought rain Fri, 29 May 2009 04:55:17 GMT /section-227-but-april-brought-rain#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/5427 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/5427 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A5427 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3878-spring-just-brings-longer-days https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3878-spring-just-brings-longer-days I found a bit of winterthat had been left behindin the shades of greyand peeling paint ofmy upstairs window sill. It's husky whisper wasmuted by the buzzingof spring's haughty arrivalwith lengthening of days,and rain. I wept under my breathfor winter's resignation and this bitternessit left behind Somday In May But April brought rain Fri, 29 May 2009 04:49:01 GMT /section-227-but-april-brought-rain#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/3878 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/3878 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A3878 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5360-the-duty-of-roses https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5360-the-duty-of-roses When laid heavily roses perform savagery on the lips of orchids. Snarled against thorn and thought. Onerous breath brought by love’s retreat pulls petal from stem. Beauty remembers when hands held roses who knew nothing of death. When love was a sonnet whispered gently through hopeful tuned ears. Someday In May But April brought rain Wed, 27 May 2009 15:52:41 GMT /section-227-but-april-brought-rain#comments 5 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/5360 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/5360 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A5360 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5913-reaching-for-a-place-to-pivot https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5913-reaching-for-a-place-to-pivot tell me again, lovehow you would mouth my most private partsuntil there is nosuffering left to utter i've been so longwith my heels dug into constant assemblageof scar to tissue intimacy colorsitself in bruisesand cobblestones atthe back of my throat tell me again, lovehow you would tongue-tie violets faintly uponmy most secret foldsuntil there is no morebone egded barrier and my everflexed breathburns red to run riot about your aching contoursthat steady me free harbor me seamless withinyour subtle afterlight and copper strings of verityso that we two may lean Someday In May But April brought rain Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:34:37 GMT /section-227-but-april-brought-rain#comments 4 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/5913 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/5913 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A5913 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3833-the-art-of-making-mountains https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3833-the-art-of-making-mountains We talked for hours that shattered into days before we realized it had left us strangers digging through mud and shit for the relief that we never knew wasn't what we needed Yet we clung to it with an iron grip turning pebbles into mountains just to have something to feel small against Somday In May But April brought rain Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:33:41 GMT /section-227-but-april-brought-rain#comments 6 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/3833 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/3833 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A3833