National Poetry Month #8: Liz Taylor’s Talents
Sean MurphyApril, according to this poet, is the cruelest month. April, according to these lovers of poetry, is National Poetry Month, and the only cruelty is metaphorical (which isn’t to say T.S. Eliot was being…
Original Poem: Liz Taylor’s Talents
Reviewing the trashy, lightweight *masterpiece* Hellraisers (about the assorted misadventures of Oliver Reed, Richard Burton, Richard Harris, and Peter O'Toole), one passage stood out and I've invoked it often: "A…
They Lived This Way Because Nobody Else Could
My vices protect me but they would assassinate you! That is from Mark Twain, a man who talked the talk, walked the walk, drank the drank and, for good measure, smoked the…