A tale to tell but told before
An actors challenge of revenge and more
Dragging 'round the stage at night
Talking about wrong but never setting it right
Kill his uncle who slept with his mother
With lengthy speeches...one after another
A crazy young girl who lost her dad
But a lover she thinks to be mad
But this madness is but to perceive
For this saddened young prince was known to deceive
He has been known to talk to a skull
Some speeches are angry whilst others are dull
"To be or not to be?" What question is that?
Just kill the old bastard with a baseball bat!
But dear old Shakespeare has to be more dramatic
Not to mention depressing, deep and bureaucratic.
Now don't get me wrong, I "likest this play"
I just have to vent some frustration in my own special way
But the problem with Hamlet is that he learns in Act One
That his father was murdered by the same mothers son.
And it took him 5 Acts to stab him in the heart
Why couldn't he have done that from the start?
In the end it was eight dead bodies lines the Danish halls
But it could have been one if Hamlet had some balls!
And to those want to argue his excuses,
Your time and energy could be put to more poignant uses.
Author notes
This was written when I couldn't get to sleep last week. Just a bit of fun...nothing I take too seriously.
Written January 15th, 2006
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As I love the eloquence of old Will. We all believe, get on with it why don't you. Great humor and for the lazy. Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere's Hamelt. in a nutshell
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excellent
i love this you got a point when you say why could he just stabed him from the start but he didn't have the balls great one -
Hehe. This is cute, charming, funny, and exceptionally witty, not to mention well written and concieved. Way to live, way to write. Carry on!
Good show,
tuxedomingo -
a good piece here, i have in my files somewhere something similar on hamlet
you know the one, they all die in the end. spill ink and twist me into the crazy shape of love...
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This is absolutely lovely! May I please quote you on this:""To be or not to be?" What question is that?
Just kill the old bastard with a baseball bat!" This has to be one of the most amusing things I have ever heard. That was a laugh! What a way to tell a story. I absolutely love this piece and I don't even have anything bad to say which is rare for me because I nitpick everything in sight. -
Should it be:
'And to those WHO want to argue his excuses'?
This is a very humourous poem. Very well written too. The rhyming is excellent. I don't know hamlet all too well because I have never really studied it but this sounds excellent.
Well done
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Very very clever mate... if only we could all stab our demons in the first act, wouldn't life be so much more straightforward? Loved this and so would Shaky.
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this was so comical..and so tru almost made me wet myself... excellent...and thanks for the laughter..i needed it...peace to you...shzoosy
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VERY good! you have a great talent...the flow was wonderful and continuous....great rhythm....wow...very good...don't know what else to say....I read this several times...very impressive.....
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VERY good! you have a great talent...the flow was wonderful and continuous....great rhythm....wow...very good...don't know what else to say....I read this several times...very impressive.....
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This was really funny and witty! Excellent word use and rhyhming. Some people can't get rhyhming right, but none of these sound forced. Great job!
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So funny and cute. Loved your ending portrayal. not many can make it very funny. Good write and great laugh indeed.
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that was very funny
very nicely writing with an excellent rhyme and flow!!!
i really liked this and enjoyed reading it very much
i really liked this part:
"But dear old Shakespeare has to be more dramatic
Not to mention depressing, deep and bureaucratic."
and "But the problem with Hamlet is that he learns in Act One
That his father was murdered by the same mothers son.
And it took him 5 Acts to stab him in the heart"
when you are bored you can write great things!!!
keep on writing
Nooni -
it's a fun poem to read as it seems it was to write. I love the "I likest this play" insertion--It really gave the poem so much of your own personality as the writer! really enjoyed the read!
Jo
P.S.: probably should be "your" instead of "you" in the very last line, but other than that, really cool poem! -
This is good. I love it. I'm also a big fan of Hamlet and I love the movie where Mel Gibson played as Hamlet. I think he was waiting for the right time to kill his uncle. I think that's why.
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OMG hahaha I'm still laughing. This is funny and I actually read it to the end. Plus, I like how the lines went together and the rhyming didn't sound forced. Much applause
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I really liked this. It was set up ever so well and the way you made Hamlet come out into a shorter version was really brilliant. Who knew William S. could be seen with such irony. Great write.
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I really like the idea of this piece. It's like your own opiniated version of cliff-notes. And I love it. It's humorous and witty. I really liked how you incorporated such a world renown piece of literature into this. Who knew Hamlet would ever be funny? LOL. I really liked this. Great write.
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very well written
this made me laugh. a great write about Hamlet's poem..bravo on this write..Keep Up the good work..enjoyed it very much..
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