It's Poetry Monday! Last week I posted a Gillian-inspired poem, so this week I present a poem inspired by Elliot. Bits of this I really like, and bits not so much, but I'm releasing it into the wild to fend for itself ( Read more... )

November is here, and so is my promise to post every day. I'm exhausted, and don't have much writing in me right now. Fortunately, in going through my Writing in Progress file, I found many almost complete bits of writing which I can draw on to get me through. In other words, I'm cheating ( Read more... )

Since I haven't been literary for a few days, I was moved to do a mashup of two literary styles, as prompted by catechism and desdenova. See if you can guess which two I picked.

( The Merry Lives of Carlos and Helen )

Here, apropos of nothing, is a silly poem. I wrote it years ago for John Vickery, and actor who, among other things, played Neroon on Babylon 5. I worked with him at the Royal George Theatre when he played Barrymore's ghost in I Hate Hamlet. This poem was inspired by some costume malfunctions he experienced. I ran across it while I was going ( Read more... )

I posted a couple of poems here recently, and I enjoyed hearing people's comments and criticism, especially which poem they liked better, and why. So I'm doing it again.

( Two poems enter, one poem leaves! )