William Shakespeare

  A Midsummer Night's Dream Whose dream are they, these four Athenian lovers whose mad misunderstandings mock each other? Moonstruck...

  Hamlet's Lawyer Will Shakespeare? Here. These papers are for you. Aye, open them. A summons and complaint! Don’t grumble,...

  The Swan’s Song He brewed his words in cauldrons on the moors. They doubled as they bubbled to the brim. He conjured...

  Who Wrote Shakespeare?   It could not be the glover’s son; _it had to be the Earl. To know...

. Shakespeare The Master strolled upon the beach, __And stooped to find Among the shells washed up in heaps, __Mere...

. Bardic Bones Who dug the dust? Who didn’t spare the stones? Who churned the earth that festered with a...

. Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more...

. The Comedy of Rosalind ---As You Like It I show more mirth than I am mistress of. This forest...

. Imitating Shakespeare’s Sonnet 107 . Sonnet 107 __by William Shakespeare Not mine own fears, nor the prophetic soul Of...

. Miss Crespo’s Halloween Give me the daggers. The sleeping and the dead Are but as pictures; ‘tis the eye...

. A Shakespeare Garden Stroll Of all the blooms, I like the lily best. Might you prefer a deep vermilion...

. Shakespeare's Women for Susan Jarvis Bryant, who has a spiritual home in Stratford-on-Avon It’s April 23rd. The rain is...

. Not Sonnet 18… Yet I strain in vain to sparkle like the Bard. I strive to spill slick iambs...

. Shakespeare Re-placed Re-Verse Engineering In the picture above, SCP poet James A. Tweedie has taken the image of Venus...

. Two Ekphrastic Poems . The Light of the World, Holman Hunt As predawn darkness shrouds the land, With warm-lit...

. A Madrigal Setting Music composed by James A. Tweedie for William Shakespeare's "Come Away" from Twelfth Night. Words by...

. Henry IV, Part I In Henry IV Part 1 the king’s possessed By fears that Harry Hotspur wants him...

. . . . . Appreciating Shakespeare by Evan Mantyk Why do people think Shakespeare is so great? Why do...

. Good Friday, Revisiting Glamis "Not in the legions Of horrid Hell can come a devil more damn'd In evils,...

. Bardic Bots Will Shakespeare has been rendered obsolete. Bill’s quillings are a patriarchal scandal. His iambs lack that fresh, progressive beat. Barred from Avon is his current...

. Parque España, Mexico City I walked until I couldn't walk without at least alighting on a city bench, the...

. How to Write Contemporary Poetry a pantoum in free verse composition keep letters lower case. dump classical tradition then...

. The Three Democrats of the 2020 Election after Shakespeare's Macbeth, Act 4, Scene 1 Scene: Thunder illuminates a 2020...

. A Southern Italian’s Reply to Shakespeare If you compare me to a summer’s day then, Bill, your mind has...

. . Non Existent One day my body disappeared, __nor could I touch or taste, but I could feel the...

. Cordelia's Choice Ye gods, what should I do with such ill news? My father, once the king, is now...

. Creativity, Originality, and Eccentricity by Joseph S. Salemi I don’t know why it should be so, but I have...

. According to The Telegraph, the University of Salford is planning to remove sonnets from its Creative Writing program.  The...

. Remembering Ophelia His scathing tongue had thrust her to the edge. It nudged her through the willow’s sunless fringe....

. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare Classical Poets Student Edition Adapted by Evan Mantyk to retain the meaning...

. Lady Macbeth’s Regret Soft hands that led her smitten lord to bedInflamed the flare and thrust of his desire.Cool hands that won...

. Bardolatry He boasted an iambic ear, That playwright with insight, Shakespeare; Yes, Measure for Measure He’s given much pleasure With Hamlet, Macbeth and King Lear. The...

. On Rembrandt's "Return of the Prodigal Son" Three centuries have passed since it was wrought--- A work of art...

. . Prince Hamlet Speaks About Election Fraud Prince Hamlet speaks about election fraud:"O villainy! Ho! Let the door be...

  Perfectionist Inclined Maligned by self-encasing brine, defined By certainty's demise, self-image lies Within a shrine. Perfectionist inclined, I crouch...

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Judges: Michael Curtis, Amy Foreman, Reid McGrath, Adam Sedia A few words from Judge Michael Curtis: In apology: If you,...

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  Birthday Apology William Shakespeare was born April 26, 1564 If all the world’s a stage, and all the men...

Moscow Zoo We saw the mass grave at the Moscow Zoo. A sullen man dug up a human skull Then...