https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/user-115-emily-rose en 2005-2012 shakespearesmonekys@gmail.com 42.65593 -71.33391 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 01:02:14 GMT yacs http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 70 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-9413-dave-said--. https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-9413-dave-said--. Dave wisdom:   He said:   He would have the last laugh   I would never amount to anything   I brought this all on myself   I was shit   I needed to be knocked down a few pegs   I would lose the house   I couldn’t take care of Jamie on my own ... more EmilyRose Thorned Roses Library Tue, 02 Sep 2008 02:40:57 GMT /section-236-thorned-roses-library#comments 5 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/9413 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/9413 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A9413 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-9412-scranton-justice https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-9412-scranton-justice I look into this face I no longer recognize.    Four years should not ravage anyone this way.   I have to start at the end.  The beginning will just confuse you.  It is dark.   The law here is neither just nor fair.  It seems to go to the highest bidder.  Do not be poor and seek justice.      My lawyer threatened that if I did not come up with twelve thousand dollars for him, he would not waste his time defending my divorce case.  He also told me that if I pushed to get a decision to save my house from foreclosure the decision would be against me. ... more EmilyRose The personal space of EmilyRose Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:45:58 GMT /section-117-the-personal-space-of-emilyrose#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/9412 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/9412 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A9412 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-9392-done https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-9392-done Months of this and I'm done.   The Master is in defiance of the Judges Order by recommendation of my lawyer, but, tell me it's my conspiracy theory.   I'm done.   Betcha the decision is in Dave's favor.   The hearing was cancelled for ever. No one will ever know but you and me.   It's only been four years. frig me. ... more EmilyRose The personal space of EmilyRose Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:23:56 GMT /section-117-the-personal-space-of-emilyrose#comments 3 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/9392 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/9392 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A9392 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-9377-two https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-9377-two Tis something we know that others do not tween dawn and dusk still but the cricket cracked silences   Lover lust lay heavily on you as you on me yet it lights upon me like your tongue upon my nipple   Distraction driven lover will you survive me this us and will it matter beyond sweat soaked sheets   Yes I promised to always love you but I never promised to stay love ... more EmilyRose Thorned Roses Library Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:59:01 GMT /section-236-thorned-roses-library#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/9377 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/9377 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A9377 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-9376-indefensible https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-9376-indefensible Do not defend me I am indefensible Defend the rock instead the weed that breaks through it Ask them what they think tell them your secrets The rock will bear your weight the weed is obstinate relentless in its bond to this spot I've not the mass nor grown the roots to tie me here Do not defend me EmilyRose Thorned Roses Library Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:43:40 GMT /section-236-thorned-roses-library#comments 4 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/9376 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/9376 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A9376 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8646-tall-good-looking-girl https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8646-tall-good-looking-girl My writing group suggested that my writing has a lush, seductive quality with rich images even when I do not intend any of that. I was told there is even a warm, inviting tone in the way I read. Now, that was said as a criticism, not a compliment. I was challenged to write in plain language from an ordinary place. Thing is. I had remembered doing that for an entire period of my writing. Ok, I'm babbling. For what it's worth, here is one of them. Sigh, I like lush. I think it's purty. PS. Tis old and ... more EmilyRose Thorned Roses Library Wed, 21 May 2008 14:10:28 GMT /section-236-thorned-roses-library#comments 2 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/8646 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/8646 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A8646 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8579-in-hope-of-a-poem-a-fairy-tale https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8579-in-hope-of-a-poem-a-fairy-tale P'Shaw - Edits are needed but time, and life at present does not allow. Do you not hate it when you break your own rules? Hmmm, contradicting yourself is so very, berry EmilyRose Thorned Roses Library Thu, 15 May 2008 10:09:35 GMT /section-236-thorned-roses-library#comments 13 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/8579 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/8579 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A8579 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8310-victim https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-8310-victim   Suicide comes in whispers giving up your soul your cell   fishness thinking   that you have a right to right or fair unable to fair the weather   of war tore torn in pieces knowing   you are not cannot be anything worth earth or sand   nor snow melted down to the victim   Why breathe?   EmilyRose Thorned Roses Library Fri, 02 May 2008 03:22:34 GMT /section-236-thorned-roses-library#comments 3 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/8310 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/8310 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A8310 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-7771-karma https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-7771-karma   Do not attempt to fill this vessel with paper roses they will not last a moment the torrid weather here The water you bear will cry silver tears through tiny fissures only to be lost in these ageless sands bring good earth and seed or nothing at all It is content to hear the wind whistle through its open emptiness to stand still and sing along to to the song of the changing times EmilyRose Thorned Roses Library Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:32:14 GMT /section-236-thorned-roses-library#comments 2 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/7771 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/7771 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A7771 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-7693-prompt-anyone https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-7693-prompt-anyone Odd little tid bit to start something off? EmilyRose Poetry Workshop Mon, 25 Feb 2008 03:24:22 GMT /section-114-poetry-workshop#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/7693 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/7693 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A7693 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5582-velvet https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5582-velvet   Velvet pillows and candle light cannot soften the edges of good buys or steal your eyes as they slice through skin Halfing a heart for you to step over as you exit one step closer to oblivion a peace   For me to breathe softly upon the candle that shadowed us creeping into each other fanning the flame   Splashing hot wax to dry cold hard on soft plush velvet no one else will ever No, how yielding it once was. EmilyRose Thorned Roses Library Mon, 19 May 2008 18:07:56 GMT /section-236-thorned-roses-library#comments 1 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/5582 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/5582 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A5582 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5379-emotional-arrest https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5379-emotional-arrest Old stuff EmilyRose Thorned Roses Library Tue, 24 Jul 2007 10:03:02 GMT /section-236-thorned-roses-library#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/5379 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/5379 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A5379 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5364-literary-agents-the-good-the-bad-and-the-outright-dishonest https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5364-literary-agents-the-good-the-bad-and-the-outright-dishonest I found this endlessly interesting! EmilyRose Agents, Publishing, Promotion, and Writing Sat, 21 Jul 2007 12:25:58 GMT /section-364-agents-publishing-promotion-and-writing#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/5364 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/5364 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A5364 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4832-need-to-tighten-this-one-up.-suggestions https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4832-need-to-tighten-this-one-up.-suggestions I don't want to change the meaning, flavor, of this, but would like to sharpen it. Would a title change and sharper imagery do it? Feedback, if you would be so generous and kind, OOOOO XXXXX EmilyRose Poetry Workshop Mon, 18 Jun 2007 15:47:58 GMT /section-114-poetry-workshop#comments 5 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4832 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4832 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4832 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4215-dame-tracey-paradiso https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4215-dame-tracey-paradiso in an on-line publication, kudos if you will!!! EmilyRose Articles, Memoirs & Essays Fri, 11 May 2007 16:38:49 GMT /section-272-articles-memoirs-essays#comments 8 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4215 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4215 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4215 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3967-werewolf-moments https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3967-werewolf-moments Cliche' - I know. I dug for imagery here, started with the prompt, which is the title, a discussion, a line that played in my head. Cliche' playing upon cliche', but I kind of like it EmilyRose Thorned Roses Library Tue, 01 May 2007 20:12:31 GMT /section-236-thorned-roses-library#comments 1 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/3967 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/3967 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A3967 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3856-how-do-things-work-here https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3856-how-do-things-work-here I'm confused? EmilyRose Questions Thu, 14 Jun 2007 02:13:08 GMT /section-365-questions#comments 16 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/3856 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/3856 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A3856 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3567-fortune-teller https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3567-fortune-teller Cards laid flat up and down can be interpreted in so many ways maybe it is in the grain of your face or my hands on the table EmilyRose The personal space of EmilyRose Wed, 04 Apr 2007 13:08:43 GMT /section-117-the-personal-space-of-emilyrose#comments 5 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/3567 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/3567 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A3567 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3566 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3566 Moving a hand away from your own slashed throat takes courage looking down at stiff nipples showing through red soaked white knowing pink is long lost is a struggle between flesh and will clot damn it EmilyRose The personal space of EmilyRose Wed, 04 Apr 2007 10:58:06 GMT /section-117-the-personal-space-of-emilyrose#comments 3 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/3566 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/3566 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A3566 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3565 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3565 Letting the hand free of a gushing artery takes guts it only looks like giving up It's a leap of faith in your own body your own power your will Clot, damn it! EmilyRose The personal space of EmilyRose Tue, 03 Apr 2007 05:35:47 GMT /section-117-the-personal-space-of-emilyrose#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/3565 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/3565 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A3565 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3526-call-me-lily https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3526-call-me-lily Call me Lily not Rose that was only pretend anyway and wax roses melt paper roses fade to dust even silk cannot deny the lie of its own existence for any length of time call me Lily Let me be held gripped prettily in white drained hands made up and perfumed and I will hide with them in eternity as you throw cut and dying roses on our coach EmilyRose The personal space of EmilyRose Sat, 07 Apr 2007 18:13:00 GMT /section-117-the-personal-space-of-emilyrose#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/3526 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/3526 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A3526 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3520-maybe-maybe-not https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3520-maybe-maybe-not Prompt from Borders' Workshop Saturday, 3/30/07 EmilyRose The personal space of EmilyRose Sun, 01 Apr 2007 21:05:40 GMT /section-117-the-personal-space-of-emilyrose#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/3520 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/3520 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A3520 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3496-falling-star-magazine https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3496-falling-star-magazine *blush* EmilyRose Member News Mon, 02 Apr 2007 23:41:58 GMT /section-83-member-news#comments 1 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/3496 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/3496 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A3496 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3456-tinsel-town https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3456-tinsel-town Dead roses fill a vaseby her chaiseshe’s tired from runninglikes the movie star poseshe vogues nakedgraced by nothing morethan last seasons silvergarland hits the highsnoted against her greymarble stomach those old black andwhites spoke volumescontrast that softenedthe horror of blood on the big screampitch perfect mouthagape softly droolingimagined reds in timewith the last beatof the starlets harlotheart EmilyRose The personal space of EmilyRose Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:51:03 GMT /section-117-the-personal-space-of-emilyrose#comments 6 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/3456 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/3456 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A3456 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2776-i-miss-. https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2776-i-miss-. the comraderie. the support. the sanity. Dave has been stealing stuff from my house. How do you explain to your son that his father is just an asshole and it really has nothing to do with him? EmilyRose The personal space of EmilyRose Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:09:12 GMT /section-117-the-personal-space-of-emilyrose#comments 8 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/2776 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/2776 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A2776 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2309-inane https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2309-inane What is the question? EmilyRose Lobas stuff Wed, 07 Feb 2007 13:16:13 GMT /section-36-lobas-stuff#comments 6 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/2309 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/2309 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A2309