Wrote this today following our Stockport Write Out (Remove filter)
"To Thine Own Self"
“To Thine Own Self”
(Hamlet: Shakespeare)
No offence to the Bard,
But I found it quite hard
When composing a sonnet
My face had a frown on it….
His iambic pentameter
Could not have been sweeter –
Mine should have been neater….
His verse flowed like sweet wine,
Every word quite divine –
Rough and ready, was mine!
...
Tuesday 12th June 2012 3:56 pm
Recent Comments
Nigel Astell on August 2025 Collage Poem: A Cut Above
2 hours ago
John Coopey on I SHAN’T ALWAYS BE LOVELY
4 hours ago
John F Keane on August 2025 Collage Poem: A Cut Above
5 hours ago
John F Keane on A Cut Above
5 hours ago
Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh on I SHAN’T ALWAYS BE LOVELY
7 hours ago
Mike McPeek on Fallen Leaf
12 hours ago
Graham Sherwood on The Forgotten
13 hours ago
Rolph David on Sonnet: Imigh Hotovely, Imigh Smál Damnaithe! Imigh is Póg mo Thóin! [Out Hotovely, Out Damned Spot! Out and Kiss my Arse!]
14 hours ago
Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh on His Majesty’s Stay Out of Hell Cards: “Divine Right” and “Convention”
14 hours ago
Hélène on Elementary
15 hours ago