https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/section-317-rows-of-words-punctuation en 2005-2012 shakespearesmonekys@gmail.com 42.65593 -71.33391 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:21:45 GMT yacs http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 70 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2567-just-in-case-i-die-today https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2567-just-in-case-i-die-today If today should happen to be a prophecy fulfilled, will not know. Nor will you ntil this -- scrawled in haste and apprehension on the back of a used envelope -- falls from an unexpected place, sliding to the ground with the sigh and stern tap of paper meeting floor. Will Rodgers Rumors of Lemonade Fri, 08 Nov 2013 20:53:55 GMT /section-103-rumors-of-lemonade#comments 3 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/2567 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/2567 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A2567 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-10613-morning-of-the-march https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-10613-morning-of-the-march Today I wear red, a pin, and a medal. I am shrouded in mourning, clinging to prayer as my siblings and peers gather on Madison Drive, prepare to march forward, bound by sweaters, scarves, -- faithhopelove -- sustained by the greatest of these for the least among us: unexpected child, unprepared mother. Today I wear prodigal hope as a birthright, not political entitlement Julie Ann Cook Rows of Words & Punctuation Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:30:02 GMT /section-317-rows-of-words-punctuation#comments 2 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/10613 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/10613 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A10613 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-10030-blue-skies https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-10030-blue-skies On another Tuesday, azure skies glowed. Crimson and burnt umber had only begun to massage green life from branches. The morning, crisp, was warmer than this. Yesterday was Monday, dark, wet with passive rain. But today's skies are clear Carolina blue. On that other Tuesday, black tainted, flooded, choked the pristine sky with fear. Still, blue remained still here. I wonder if today will welcome doom so gracefully. Julie Rows of Words & Punctuation Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:46:00 GMT /section-317-rows-of-words-punctuation#comments 1 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/10030 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/10030 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A10030 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-10032-today https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-10032-today Today I am a kleenex -- thin, translucent, useless until used.                       I tear easily. Julie Rows of Words & Punctuation Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:44:34 GMT /section-317-rows-of-words-punctuation#comments 1 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/10032 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/10032 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A10032 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-10053-a-crumby-mess https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-10053-a-crumby-mess The chips have fallen on the floor with a crunch and the bowl's clatter. The crumby mess is made worse by the party, the celebration, those not watching where they're going -- their footsteps grind potato into dirt into carpet. Where is the maid? We have none for we are poor. Who will tidy the mess? No one: those who see it watch from behind closed windows, shake their heads slowly, bowed. Crumbs conceded to the dogs, the only hope for damage control. Let them eat cake instead.     Julie Rows of Words & Punctuation Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:22:18 GMT /section-317-rows-of-words-punctuation#comments 2 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/10053 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/10053 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A10053 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5363-not-your-eve https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5363-not-your-eve ...................................No, .....................................no, .............your bones cannot be blamed for ........what I am: my core, my flesh, my skin, ...are all my own, free of your dust-made ribs. ...I was here before your words, before serpent ....or his hiss, days before you or your helpmate ........in her ingnorance-turned-fig-leaf-modesty, ..............hungered for more. I am not your Eve. ...........No, you know me as the tempting fruit, ......forbidden: bright, sweet, swollen, & ripe. ..........My juices drip down your chin. I am ....................something to digest. Now .............................you .. ..know. Included in Shakespeare's Monkey Revue volume 1, issue 2 Julie Published Elsewhere Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:59:18 GMT /section-239-published-elsewhere#comments 9 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/5363 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/5363 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A5363 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-9626-listening https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-9626-listening (day 1 of 14) Julie Rows of Words & Punctuation Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:51:58 GMT /section-317-rows-of-words-punctuation#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/9626 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/9626 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A9626 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4111-ouroboros https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4111-ouroboros a collaboration with Stephan a derivitive of "counting (and days) in colors" Julie Flinging Poo with the Other Apes Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-265-flinging-poo-with-the-other-apes#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4111 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4111 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4111 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3981-tart-tatin https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3981-tart-tatin a collaboration with Stephan anstey Flinging Poo with the Other Apes Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-265-flinging-poo-with-the-other-apes#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/3981 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/3981 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A3981 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2594-to-those-of-you-who-ve-noticed-my-swollen-belly--. https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2594-to-those-of-you-who-ve-noticed-my-swollen-belly--. To those of you who've noticed my swollen belly but were afraid to ask Yes. To answer your unspoken question:yes, Ido enjoy my ice creamdaily, sometimesmore, with strawberries, bananas, peanuts,chocolate chips and syrup, whipped cream,jimmies (or "sprinkles" to those of you who don'tspeak Yankee), a cherry on top,and -- mmm-mm --on the side,a dill pickle spear. I know, that's gross. I think so too. But my stomachbegs to differ as doesthe hungry child within me, dueto escape comeSeptember Poetic Insomniac Rows of Words & Punctuation Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:21:38 GMT /section-317-rows-of-words-punctuation#comments 13 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/2594 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/2594 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A2594 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2586-there-s-more-than-one-way-to-eat-a-reese-s-or-skin-a-cat https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2586-there-s-more-than-one-way-to-eat-a-reese-s-or-skin-a-cat I have no desire to keepa skinless feline, its pelt,or chocolate-covered peanut butter. I'd rather eat it, wear iton my thighs -- the Reese's I mean,not the messy Chinese food -- than hide itout-of-reach in the cabinetabove the fridge. I prefer to stuff it wholein my mouth and silentlylet it melt away whilecrossing my fingers tilI'm through that the phone won't ring Julie Rows of Words & Punctuation Wed, 08 Aug 2007 19:00:33 GMT /section-317-rows-of-words-punctuation#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/2586 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/2586 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A2586 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2597-dust-if-you-must-addendum-to-an-email-forward https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2597-dust-if-you-must-addendum-to-an-email-forward Dust if you must, but know if you dothe people who matter care more about YOUthan fuzzy dust bunnies, crumbs on the floor,a ring in the toilet, or prints on the door. Dust if you must, but don't take too long:more time spent on cleaning means less left for song,tea parties, swimming, hide-n-seek, and crafts,less time for giggles, sticky grins, and laughs. Dust if you must, but feel no guilt if you don'tbecause munchkins and rugrats simply won'tstay as they are: they'll grow up too fast --unlike those dust bunnies, childhood won't last Julie Rows of Words & Punctuation Wed, 08 Aug 2007 18:39:45 GMT /section-317-rows-of-words-punctuation#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/2597 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/2597 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A2597 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5087-formication https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5087-formication since the cicadas are back, I thought I'd rehash this one Julie Rumors of Lemonade Fri, 29 Jun 2007 18:07:13 GMT /section-103-rumors-of-lemonade#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/5087 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/5087 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A5087 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4080-counting-and-days-in-colors https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4080-counting-and-days-in-colors a collaboration with Stephan Julie Flinging Poo with the Other Apes Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:17:18 GMT /section-265-flinging-poo-with-the-other-apes#comments 1 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4080 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4080 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4080 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4165-my-south https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4165-my-south my south my south has pulled me slowly, often with an undertow grip, its siren gullsongs have lured my ancestral fates to its shores (beaches of myrtle heads of hilton, nag) before my conception my south has called me called me called me through blue ridged echoes, across the new river gorge, whispering greyfog lullabys throughout my south has tempted, enticed me to eden, offered my chilled core maybright sunbeams in november, september's crisp hope in exchange for january my south has wooed me with bouquets of trillium, oconee bells, smooth false foxglove, chicory, charmed me with its tongue, with its sweet-as-tea words, warm, relaxed, laced with sugar my south has embraced me quietly, gently, under clear starlittered skies and wool blankets amid mountains, under sanddusted piers lapped by seafoam, under green canopies on beds of pinestraw and has kissed me in consummation. ... more Julie Published Elsewhere Sat, 12 May 2007 02:42:11 GMT /section-239-published-elsewhere#comments 3 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4165 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4165 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4165 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2590-bio-for-lemonade-rumors https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2590-bio-for-lemonade-rumors Rumor has it, Julie Ann Cook spent her pre-registered-voter years in southwestern Pennsylvania, less than an hour from Pittsburgh. She has had a love-hate relationship with her status as the oldest (but rarely tallest) of four children in a close Catholic family: no older siblings to live up to equates to being the guinea pig. Julie wrote her first poems at 7, 15, and 17 years old. She dismissed this tendency to scribble words and instead sought a degree in visual arts. Still, somehow she walked away from Winthrop University (but not too far away -- she still lives ... more Julie Rumors of Lemonade Tue, 01 May 2007 15:28:33 GMT /section-103-rumors-of-lemonade#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/2590 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/2590 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A2590 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2576-figure-eights-below-sea-level https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2576-figure-eights-below-sea-level a collaboration with Stephan Julie Flinging Poo with the Other Apes Tue, 01 May 2007 15:26:31 GMT /section-265-flinging-poo-with-the-other-apes#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/2576 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/2576 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A2576 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2570-your-grasp-tested https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2570-your-grasp-tested Amen, Amen, I say to you, hold fastto the quiet for it is here you will find me,breathing for you in the tightness of minutes,days stretched taught across raw abscesses.They will heal, though not as you will hope.First, you will bleed. It is natural, painfulexpected; you will not lose morethan you can spare, it is changetossed to the beggars tuggingat your hems. Pennies, I will giveyou more. But you see wolvesinstead, shredding the layersyou mistook for protection.Still, I will breathe, let you cryyour eyes red and dry, let you findme again -- I am patient ... more Julie Rumors of Lemonade Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:38:17 GMT /section-103-rumors-of-lemonade#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/2570 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/2570 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A2570 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2574-the-normal-psychosis-of-mothering https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2574-the-normal-psychosis-of-mothering it's normal, claimedthe radio psychologist,a primitive defense mechanism,and that if a mothercatches her psyche in the actof toying with the thoughtof dropping her newborn --red-faced-colic or perfect --from a high-rise window,don't worry. Don't worry,she comforted, it's healthy,it's your subconscious's wayof just checking, making sure,you wouldn't do such a thing you cringewhen you find these shadowsamong your brain-folds, don't you? and we pray for ten fingers,ten toes, strong lungs,but our motherhoodis more closely tiedto the fine threads betweenour empathyand disgustfor those who tossthe beauties of their wombs out with yesterday's sour ... more Julie Rumors of Lemonade Thu, 19 Apr 2007 20:28:01 GMT /section-103-rumors-of-lemonade#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/2574 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/2574 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A2574 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2593-one-long-day-before-another https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2593-one-long-day-before-another for the sixth night this week, you stay to work too late to see your son's manic waking hours or your third- trimester-wide wife before frustration and fatigue have devoured her but it's for the pay and a half and the one on the way and the two you've missed again dramatically, you stumble in, drop your empty lunch box, phones, partially filled paperwork, business cards, other trash -- drop it all with flourish on the kitchen table but it's necessary punctuation at the end of your daily bread- winner's sentence you leave it there -- your mess, not your baggage -- sit blank-faced watching animated adult humor, wait for midnight and the mind-novocain to take effect before shedding clothes onto the bedside floor ... more Julie Published Elsewhere Thu, 19 Apr 2007 19:30:04 GMT /section-239-published-elsewhere#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/2593 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/2593 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A2593