https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/section-318-one-hundred-poems When the brain and pen runs dry a challenge is needed. My personal challenge is to write one hundred poems in one hundred days at the rate of one a day. The discipline may yet keep me at my desk. So far I have never managed to complete this challenge. This attempt begins on 18th May 2007. en 2005-2012 shakespearesmonekys@gmail.com 42.65593 -71.33391 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 02:46:13 GMT yacs http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 70 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4624-008-grandma-drinking-gin https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4624-008-grandma-drinking-gin Yet another little willie, this time about grandma and dad (and utilising an eyepoke specially for Stephen) Pags One Hundred Poems Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:37:11 GMT /section-318-one-hundred-poems#comments 11 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4624 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4624 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4624 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4690-011-poetry-pusher https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4690-011-poetry-pusher A ditty provoked by conversation about being pushed to do poetry Pags One Hundred Poems Wed, 06 Jun 2007 23:09:07 GMT /section-318-one-hundred-poems#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4690 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4690 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4690 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4655-010-ducks https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4655-010-ducks A haiku of sorts based on a real event. For some reason they prefer to nest here than by the pond a quarter of a mile away Pags One Hundred Poems Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:06:46 GMT /section-318-one-hundred-poems#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4655 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4655 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4655 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4625-009-aunt-mabel https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4625-009-aunt-mabel Another Little Willie Pags One Hundred Poems Mon, 04 Jun 2007 18:18:20 GMT /section-318-one-hundred-poems#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4625 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4625 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4625 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4503-007-there-is-no-word-for-daffodil-on-vogon https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4503-007-there-is-no-word-for-daffodil-on-vogon As readers of the Hitch-hikers Guide to the Galaxy will know, Vogon Poetry is the third worst in the universe. The poem below is a rare translation of a short piece by Sqincezk, as yet unpublished because it fails to evoke the proper responses. There was some talk of plagiarism about this work, though it was generally disbelieved as nobody would believe a poet called "Wordsworth" could be anything but the invention of a deranged mind Pags One Hundred Poems Mon, 04 Jun 2007 13:19:36 GMT /section-318-one-hundred-poems#comments 2 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4503 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4503 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4503 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4464-005-the-moral-of-what-happened-to-uncle-jute https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4464-005-the-moral-of-what-happened-to-uncle-jute More in the nature of a cautionary tale than a little willie. This needs editing still, or putting out of it's misery. Feel free Pags One Hundred Poems Thu, 24 May 2007 17:24:52 GMT /section-318-one-hundred-poems#comments 4 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4464 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4464 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4464 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4465-006-uncle-arthur-and-grandma-s-demise https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4465-006-uncle-arthur-and-grandma-s-demise Definately a little Willie, this one. Don't read if you are squeamish Pags One Hundred Poems Wed, 23 May 2007 22:28:53 GMT /section-318-one-hundred-poems#comments 4 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4465 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4465 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4465 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4402-004-emperor-penguin-diamante https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4402-004-emperor-penguin-diamante I'm not sure I 'get' this form but wanted to have a go Pags One Hundred Poems Mon, 21 May 2007 22:24:09 GMT /section-318-one-hundred-poems#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4402 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4402 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4402 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4397-003-london-marathon https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4397-003-london-marathon Why would anyone want to do it? Yet they do in droves. Even I am tempted Pags One Hundred Poems Mon, 21 May 2007 21:13:26 GMT /section-318-one-hundred-poems#comments 1 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4397 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4397 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4397 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4380-002-bad-poetry https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4380-002-bad-poetry Don't you hate the little beast when it behaves like this? Pags One Hundred Poems Mon, 21 May 2007 21:08:42 GMT /section-318-one-hundred-poems#comments 5 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4380 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4380 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4380 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4379-001-blessing-for-one-in-hospital https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4379-001-blessing-for-one-in-hospital A blessing in the celtic style written for Canadian poet, Maureen Glaude Pags One Hundred Poems Mon, 21 May 2007 18:16:34 GMT /section-318-one-hundred-poems#comments 3 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4379 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4379 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4379