Duke Theseus did celebrate,
His love to Hippolyta; late,
But on Midsummer's Night
It turned out to be light,
So some other young bloods thought it great -
To get themselves off to the wood,
And it wasn't for practices lewd,
For Puck's interventions
Spoiled carnal intentions,
With the aid of a flower, he pursued -
Each amorous, glamorous pair,
Sometimes seen, often not even there,
And he fired Cupid's darts
To pierce their true hearts,
And ensure every one got a share -
Of a dream filled with passion and love:
Oh, and Bottom, when push came to shove,
As an ass, not a flower
Entered Titania's bower
And slept, as the dawn broke above.
I can't tell you very much more,
We might set it to Mendelssohn's score,
But hey, that's been done
This was only in fun: and Shakespeare?
He'll open the door -
To words full of myst'ry and wonder
The tragic, the clown's comic blunder,
So read what he's written
I think you'll be smitten
For his verse has the power of thunder -
To shake this small speck which we tread on,
This planet we make our soft bed on:
I may seek to amuse,
But it's Bill you should choose
For the pure light of truth to be shed on.
A contest entry
- Winklings Celebrates its 100th Contest (A Series) - Contest K by Lyndon.
6000 points, ended August 13, 2008, 12 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
Comments
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what an enjoyabe romp...
...with a hey-nonny-no. A great poem on Bill Shakespeare's work. I have heard Mendelssohn's music...and it is like your poem; a joyful flit through the forest as the characters of the play would have loved.
I enjoy the rhyme pattern, even if it is a little jumbled in the fifth verse, it still reads well when read aloud.
I find your poem enchanting, musical and enjoyable. Well done.
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Knowledge of the Warwickshire romp
on a midsummer eve rings true. I know it was in Greece but who cares; our Bill was British!
Thank you, poet, for your rhyme, told in good time.
Thank you for your wit which my sides do split.
And my poetic son ... I note you can spell Mendelssohn!
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This is so spritely; you always seeem to be prancing through the heather with these sweeping tongue in cheek
commentaries - quite enjoyable.
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