Sometimes the muse is asleep ..

A short poem on why poetry is not for everyone...

I look like a thug and write poetry. Read it or I will kill you!

The Villanelle is reputed to be the most difficult poetic form to write. This one, although, a send-up, is a perfect example of the form.

This poem is dedicated to the many people who fail to appreciate the grandeur and depth of my poetry.

A whiny discussion the poet has with her Muse (aka the Moose) regarding her poetic abilities. They attempt to reconcile their creative differences. Just guess who has the upper hand.

What a shame that such a category as 'Limericks-clean' had to be devised

What in Hell have you been doin' All these years, my friend, Don Juan?

This is (I believe) the shortest poem ever written.

How do people write poems? What inspiration do they need? Do they need any!??!?

Leonardo DaVinci stated that Art is Discipline, and so ....

"I die, Horatio" "That's what YOU think?"

I need to write a poem but I can't think of one. I hope inspiration comes soon before my page is done.

You used to be such a friendly Muse. Why have you abandoned me? You'll be sorry...

I have often wondered why English writers follow American spellings.

I hate poets, I hate poets I hate poets that own little black books Call themselves spoken word performers Because they can't rhyme or use meter.....

If you're a poet, never date another poet! They're going to show up at the open mic and hear those poems ...

Keats was always strapped for cash.

I've got a busted 'G' string, and a broken heart. When I heard those words, I almost fell apart. I wish I'd writ that! ...

If poetry were paying big bucks, I could churn out a dozen a day.

Have you ever paused in your frantic writing to note how many ways there are to write a poem?

Tony Blair is being shown around an Edinburgh hospital....

This sonnet was inspired by a list of Shakespearean insults I once came across.

I didn't get a drinking glass, I didn't get a pen; I didn't get a bunch of flowers From that lousy bunch of men.

People who rhyme are giving something to 90% of the population. The other 10% can go read their degrees... I'm not bitter, really I'm not.

"Once poets were reputed to be able to wither crops with a well-worded insult." -Mike Alexander

In mid-evil times there once was a writer, who was brilliant with words but not much of a fighter.

These poets are a funny bunch, I went to see what they were on about at a Poet's Breakfast the other day.

What if a policeman turned his hand to verse

I've oxymoroned again. I hope no one has noticed. But sirens soar. It's the POETRY POLICE

Commentary on the state of poetry today, with tongue firmly planted in cheek.

Poets, don't mess with a Muse They're often very bad news.

Some serious advice for writers. In promulgating your esoteric cogitations or articulating your superficial sentimentalities and....

It doesn't scan, it doesn't rhyme, Is that a poaesthic crime? ...

Stone walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage...but they DO put a crimp in your social life.

A poet who thinks she's clever finds out writing in mono-syllabic words isn't easy.

The only problem with Haiku is that you just.....

Since rhyming and rhythm are terribly boring They must now be barred from all musical scoring;....

Why do I write poetry? Because it keeps me from watching Star Trek reruns, and because my kids think it's stupid!