Once upon a time, I saw a call for submissions for a collection of steampunk Shakespeare stories and poems, and, interested in all things Shakespeare as I am (and being rather fond of steampunk things as well), I submitted a poem for consideration ( Read more... )

Come this Friday, The Omnibus of Doctor Bill Shakes and the Magnificent Ionic Pentatetrameter will be launched into the world, containing (among other things, including short fiction based on his plays and takes on poems by other people) my steampunk riff on today's poem choice, Sonnet 55 ("Not marble, nor the gilded monuments ( Read more... )

Sorry for the temporary communications blackout - I had to take M to look at colleges in New England, and had no internet access while gone. I will put up National Poetry Month posts for the days I've missed, but first, an update on some other stuff ( Read more... )

And yes, that blog post title was totally in iambic pentameter, in light of the fact that the Ombibus to which I refer is the forthcoming Omnibus of Doctor Bill Shakes and the Magnificent Iron Pentatetrameter, in which will be found my steampunk take on Shakespeare's Sonnet 55, "Not Iron, Nor the Difference Engine." (For clarification's sake, ( Read more... )