Unlike the Bard
Shakespeare would write of everyday things
in proud iam pentameter
So that even the laundry days
seem like something that matters.
Anon, Alas, a sword, a horse
Star-crossed teenagers in love
A maid, a lord, a fairy queen
Tongues trill with words from above.
But I am just a regular soul
A lover of words, not a fighter.
Unlike the Bard, I speak in regular prose,
But I, like him, a writer.
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VERY NICE!
Thank you! 🙂 just fun.
I love this as an ode to Shakespeare and and ode to writers everywhere!
Flying the Shakespearean flag! 🙂
Well done!!
Thanks so much Nancy. I loved your work too. Such a distilled image of tragedy.
Playful and introspective! Love “tongues trill.” (And Shakespeare might have elevated laundry only because he didn’t have to do it!)
A ha!! 🙂
Playful and creative.
Love:
So that even the laundry days
seem like something that matters.