https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/section-565-celticlion-the-pornographer-s-hyena-dies-in-a-loveless-lair Please come in and sniff around...Comment freely! en 2005-2012 shakespearesmonekys@gmail.com 42.65593 -71.33391 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 23:57:55 GMT yacs http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 70 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8473-originality-does-it-exist https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8473-originality-does-it-exist If it's all been said and done before, than what are any of us doing Celticlion A Bunch of Monkeys Sat, 11 Jul 2009 04:42:28 GMT /section-587-a-bunch-of-monkeys#comments 13 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/8473 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/8473 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A8473 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8564-how-to-become-less-popular-or-quick-tips-for-making-yourself-despicable https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8564-how-to-become-less-popular-or-quick-tips-for-making-yourself-despicable Sometimes life is too easy and you find you have too many friends, too many opportunities, too much money and you can't gain weight no matter what you eat. You are already well on your way to be disliked, even by those who say they like you, so celebrate! But what if it's just not enough? You crave more. Not outright hatred- no, that would simply require the murder of a puppy or something equally simple and pathetic. Besides, I like puppies. What the aim must be is a subtle undertone of intense dislike, verging on utter disdain and complete repulsion. Silky and light as a shadow. Now, here are the basics. There are so easy a child could master them. How have I come to know of these methods, you aren't asking me? I'll tell you, anyways, (see, isn't that annoying?)...I was born with these talents. As I grew up, I noticed I didn't have very many friends. I tried to tell myself it was because I didn't like very many people, but the truth was, folks generally didn't like me. Now at first I cried a lot. And then I tried really hard to make people like me. I did everything imaginable to be a likeable person. ... more Celticlion Unbelievably Interesting Crap About Me Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:57:21 GMT /section-581-unbelievably-interesting-crap-about-me#comments 3 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/8564 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/8564 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A8564 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8486-blood-in-the-water https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8486-blood-in-the-water   Beneath time's blue umbrella, we sit spinning repeating history, her breath held nearly half a century exhales along with mine; shared smoke surrounds our mouths' found intimacy- lit long ago between sisters of chance. Two flames burning the decaying hope of daughters.   There's blood in the water, she said.   For years, each failing face kept fists hidden beneath skin, knuckles still struck secret worlds of bruised distortion, yet each public eye turned dry for fear of shame. we grew up smiling at our pain, But night grew women ... more Celticlion Loom Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-579-loom#comments 2 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/8486 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/8486 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A8486 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8014-making-a-mystery-of-pollution https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8014-making-a-mystery-of-pollution Smudge of fire, cold clouds of dawn devour your flaming face; you look like Mars in red defeat- a woman whose last beams of scorn shot down but never reached their mark.   No gazing lovers' eyes were burned last night, your web of stars' slight tremble when I caught you; full and white spying all who would admire the beauty of your March's light, disguised by darkness- when some unknown hour revealed pure anger in your heart.   You tore tides wild, enraged, your violence in unwary seas' blue veins, yet now, I watch the mystery of your bloody face ... more Celticlion Poetry Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-566-poetry#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/8014 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/8014 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A8014 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8144-stumble https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8144-stumble If you entertain several ideas all at once, inviting suspicion to arrive early, one by one by one- their unshut traps will go hogging down the crowded line of carefully undone appetizers. The tallest mouth eating at the front.   A standing example of why single-filed thinking never hosts parties, where opposing guests having had one too many hasty words, ... more anstey Poetry Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-566-poetry#comments 1 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/8144 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/8144 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A8144 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8371-hey-monkeys-what-if-you-were-limited-to-writing-about-one-of-the-subjects-listed-below-forever https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8371-hey-monkeys-what-if-you-were-limited-to-writing-about-one-of-the-subjects-listed-below-forever Choose one of four unsavoury choices, about which you must write for an eternity, never deviating from your subject in any way, though all forms of writing are allowed. Please choose Celticlion CelticLion-The Pornographer's Hyena Dies In a Loveless Lair Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:29:39 GMT /section-565-celticlion-the-pornographer-s-hyena-dies-in-a-loveless-lair#comments 1 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/8371 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/8371 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A8371 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8678-alfons-mucha-and-gustav-klimt https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8678-alfons-mucha-and-gustav-klimt Posters and Masterpieces; eroticism finally escapes to the surface of the cultural consciousness again, in some form Celticlion The Early Days- The infancy of pin-ups Wed, 28 May 2008 17:34:03 GMT /section-591-the-early-days-the-infancy-of-pin-ups#comments 4 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/8678 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/8678 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A8678 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8681-the-marvelous-betty-boop https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8681-the-marvelous-betty-boop The first cartoon pin-up...Boop-Poo-Pidoo-poo! Celticlion The Early Days- The infancy of pin-ups Wed, 28 May 2008 00:27:01 GMT /section-591-the-early-days-the-infancy-of-pin-ups#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/8681 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/8681 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A8681 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8682-the-gibson-girl https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8682-the-gibson-girl An early icon in popular culture Celticlion The Early Days- The infancy of pin-ups Wed, 28 May 2008 00:13:11 GMT /section-591-the-early-days-the-infancy-of-pin-ups#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/8682 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/8682 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A8682 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8680-art-nouveau-s-most-famous-artist https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8680-art-nouveau-s-most-famous-artist The Can-Can and The Cave Man Celticlion The Early Days- The infancy of pin-ups Mon, 26 May 2008 22:48:36 GMT /section-591-the-early-days-the-infancy-of-pin-ups#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/8680 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/8680 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A8680 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8723-time-s-peddlar https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8723-time-s-peddlar Some days seem old when they begin, the sense, that somehow they've been lived- as if past's vagabond had bundled time and wandered to my when.   On my doorstep, In cold blue mist, a peddlar with his pack of sorrows pawned, every trade made for tomorrow, all tomorrows sold and gone, he's worn and weary, so, I make a pot of tea, he smiles lopsided eyes and shares a cup with me, his pack of secret things clangs softly on the ground.   In burlap rustling round, ... more Celticlion Loom Mon, 26 May 2008 22:08:57 GMT /section-579-loom#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/8723 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/8723 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A8723 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8726-the-redhead https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8726-the-redhead Red-haired pin-ups were extremely popular Celticlion A Plethora of Pin-ups from the 1930's-1950's Mon, 26 May 2008 22:02:46 GMT /section-594-a-plethora-of-pin-ups-from-the-1930-s-1950-s#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/8726 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/8726 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A8726 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8696-hollywood-s-first-it-girl-clara-bow https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8696-hollywood-s-first-it-girl-clara-bow After winning a beauty contest in the 1920's, this native New Yorker from an abusive home, rose to fame in silent pictures for her sassy, free-spirited sexuality- she always got her man, on and off screen. She embodied the essence of all a flapper should be: daringly independent, sensual and fun loving. Her first film, "It", dubbed her the very first "It" girl in pop culture history.    Celticlion The Actors and Actresses Who Made Us Swoon Mon, 26 May 2008 21:49:16 GMT /section-593-the-actors-and-actresses-who-made-us-swoon#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/8696 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/8696 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A8696 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8725-outside-the-walls https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8725-outside-the-walls How he had betrayed us, holding the brutal weapon of love against our throats- pale edge of a sacred leaf's promise, daring us taste the woods beyond where fragrant roots expanded through dark musky earth, damp scent breathing from mosses, brown mushrooms and naked skin.   If we must hide from him- his garden where we first woke, now forbidden; then weep all his sons, for sorrow's his true name. Celticlion Loom Mon, 26 May 2008 18:50:27 GMT /section-579-loom#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/8725 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/8725 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A8725 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8718-so-we-baked-satan-a-pie https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8718-so-we-baked-satan-a-pie The occasional singe suffered from sparks that flew from her, seemed the potential hazard of a dullard's misstep. Her purple laughter punctured all lavender pretense.   Together we thumbed our toes at convention; hitchhiking on a blown-up dandelion puff's white eyelashes, floating ahead of our colour coordinated delusions, spontaneously appearing to dangle like intrigue from fate's most forbidden finger, as if we were both a strange coincidence familiar to each other- a passion shared for grand illusion, talent wasted daily by the sparse requirements of mere existance.    We indulged ourselves, ... more Celticlion Loom Mon, 26 May 2008 15:26:23 GMT /section-579-loom#comments 2 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/8718 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/8718 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A8718 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8713-losing-the-new-hole-in-his-chest https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8713-losing-the-new-hole-in-his-chest Then he was gone and death began, for the very first time. As if some unseen hand forced loss into the young boy's world, into the new hole in his chest. He'd loved, not knowing life grows cold, it made his eyes flood, clutching air, his breathing stopped. The doctor's final white words stood, his father paid the sleeping bill. He felt how living without joy's companion, left pain's constant cry, the drive home quiet, resolute, until he saw his mother's face and sobbed. ... more Celticlion Loom Sat, 24 May 2008 15:02:00 GMT /section-579-loom#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/8713 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/8713 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A8713 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8708-tunneling-above-the-pulse-of-vision-revised https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8708-tunneling-above-the-pulse-of-vision-revised Not sure if poem is cohesive Celticlion Loom Sat, 24 May 2008 14:57:54 GMT /section-579-loom#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/8708 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/8708 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A8708 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8667-the-treachery-of-jack-grey https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8667-the-treachery-of-jack-grey   Sleek, grey Jack; two lifetimes away from reigning supreme- a weaseling dream, lathered between the preening licks of a posing sphinx, who thinks Old King Cat's time is up.   He slithers, Cocky as a pup When the King seems absent to twirl his monkey tail around my lazy legs, always asking, "Am I not the finest you Have ever seen?"   Shadowing the lion every day,  peacocked paws past his nose, as if to say, I wasn't, you were in MY way, creeping from under ... more Celticlion Poetry Wed, 21 May 2008 18:11:10 GMT /section-566-poetry#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/8667 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/8667 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A8667 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8655-dying-between-time-s-walls https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8655-dying-between-time-s-walls         There stillness spread infinity, A quiet bed's eternal peace, a weightless blue expanse, his head stretched silent universe and wrapped within its black embrace.   He felt the white skin of his face, become a map of spheres and stars, those worlds surrounding his might reach, he woke and stared through metal bars.   He drew the symbols on his face, midnight's forehead above clouds that ticked in sleepless progress toward his ear near cheek, on left's third hour.   He killed time slowly in his head, ... more Celticlion Poetry Tue, 20 May 2008 09:59:29 GMT /section-566-poetry#comments 3 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/8655 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/8655 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A8655 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8652-girl-in-the-garden-poem-goes-wth-painting-by-same-name https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8652-girl-in-the-garden-poem-goes-wth-painting-by-same-name Please do visit Maggie Huscroft's site to see her beautiful paintings. She's a marvelous poet and her work is very inspiring...C Celticlion Loom Mon, 19 May 2008 11:32:53 GMT /section-579-loom#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/8652 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/8652 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A8652