http://www.shakespearesmonkeys.com/ A community for writers & poets of all levels to learn, to share their work, toshare resources and find assistance with their projects. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:12:38 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss092 stephan@shakespearesmonkeys.com stephan@shakespearesmonkeys.com en http://www.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-10257-the-rocks A boulder gateway flanked by patchy grass began the tarmaced car-park behind the house. I smell the hot bitumen they burned for re-surfacing: black glar fuming the throat; the suck of shoe-soles on still-setting tack. I hear the slap of trainers leap-frogging clustered lumps on playful dares to get from here to there - the teeter on granite slab then leap of faith. Glacigenic erratics, Midlandian moraine - your polished quartz is a glint in time. When my ice-age melts, I jump the years to land on permanent shale and solid rest. Your isotopes are through and through me: their half-life clicks my Geiger counter. ... more» Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:50:40 GMT http://www.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-10225-idiosyncratic Girl of Hept Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:59:01 GMT http://www.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-10224-ism Girl of Hept Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:57:41 GMT http://www.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-10223-joshua-ben-joseph Girl of Hept Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:56:05 GMT http://www.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-10222-cannibal-song Girl of Hept Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:55:02 GMT http://www.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-10221-psychosis Girl of Hept Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:53:53 GMT http://www.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-10220-proof Girl of Hept Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:51:56 GMT http://www.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-10215-cheesy-sentiments-for-honest-feelings   Where once the light could not stroke In the many shadows inside my heart When life had played another cruel joke The darkness you’ve since torn apart   Your quiet love shone right on through Past the shards and between the tears Changing old clichés to something new Slowly erasing all of my former fears   A kiss, a look, a smile, a laugh Your solid strength around my soul ... more» Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:33:12 GMT http://www.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-10214-thoughts-distracting-a-cynic She Knows Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:27:36 GMT http://www.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-10213-tyrannised-by-distance She Knows Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:25:35 GMT