https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/section-623-poetry en 2005-2012 shakespearesmonekys@gmail.com 42.65593 -71.33391 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 23:54:17 GMT yacs http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 70 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-9153-somnolent https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-9153-somnolent   SOMNOLENT   White sheet, My precarious protection….. I draw you around me. I sit within your chalky white ring As your numbness is my allowance For emotions that are thoroughly spent.   My alleviation, from crushing thoughts That trouble me in this crumbling sleep. But you will be diminished and washed away With the tide of time And so, I watch for them….. ... more hecountsmytears Poetry Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:22:09 GMT /section-623-poetry#comments 1 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/9153 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/9153 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A9153 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-11390-ravaged https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-11390-ravaged RAVAGED The affliction comes, Seeping and pooling On the surface of the skin; Blot it, try to wipe it away, Quickly, Attempting to absorb the ache That eclipses pride.     For the Sphinx has been brought   Low; Wings clipped, claws dulled, Spirit trampled by havoc and desolation, As might is blown away, Like a dandelion seed Floating on Zephyr’s quiet breath. Misty Poetry Mon, 04 May 2009 09:57:04 GMT /section-623-poetry#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/11390 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/11390 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A11390 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-11006-ancient-fire https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-11006-ancient-fire   Forced down from Eternity’s Mountain You were misshapen into an image By the hands of inferior, infantile souls, Who were barren of your immortal wisdom.   They demanded your attributes To be blackened by their own desires; And these resentful, envious children Placed pieces of your burning coals Into pottery much too crude for your magnificence.     And Your glory faded into ashes. ... more Misty Poetry Mon, 23 Feb 2009 07:04:58 GMT /section-623-poetry#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/11006 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/11006 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A11006 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-9150-displaced https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-9150-displaced anstey Poetry Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-623-poetry#comments 2 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/9150 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/9150 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A9150 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-9517-across-a-room https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-9517-across-a-room Well, I guess I'm still working on this one - constructive criticism would be appreciated Hecountsmytears Poetry Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:40:47 GMT /section-623-poetry#comments 1 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/9517 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/9517 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A9517 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-9154-blue-halcyon https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-9154-blue-halcyon Blue Halcyon Let these dreams come swallow me, And consume me whole. For I am shattered and drifting, Having lost my direction. Permit these eyes to close and sleep, In soundless slumber without cries, Without tears of pain.... Allow my sadness to slip away, Within the sapphire of crashing fires, Inanimate in your suspension. Granting me peace In your multitude of quiet flames, Azure dancing within me Slowly burning me away, As I slip slowly under Elysium clouds and turqoise waves..... As your kiss leaves me cold. hecountsmytears Poetry Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:06:06 GMT /section-623-poetry#comments 7 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/9154 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/9154 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A9154