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Exquisite Gifts - After William Shakespeare Sonnet CIII


Sonnet CIII

Scope for self-pride's apparent in this work
Adapting truth to trace lace transient whim.
Narcissism jars, parts start to irk,
Ghosting Shakespearean stanzas neat and trim.
Though rosy cheeks and figures fair attract
On days of joy till usage cloys love's verse,
My Dear, ‘Why butter bread ?’ you'd ask with tact,
As understatement only sounds perverse.
Mistrust these rambling lines which only err
Attempting to improve on peerless grace,
Unchallenged her potential, all prefer
Dreaming upon one face, spurn others’ trace.
Exquisite gifts ! This mirror magic’s tame
Compared to charmed perfection verse can’t frame.

Author notes

Acrostic Sonnet SANG TO MA MAUDE C After William Shakespeare

Sonnet CIII

Alack ! what poverty my Muse brings forth,
That having such a scope to show her pride,
The argument, all bare, is of more worth
Than when it hath my added praise beside !
O ! blame me not, if I no more can write !
Look in your glass, and there appears a face
That over-goes my blunt invention quite,
Dulling my lines and doing me disgrace.
Were it not sinful then, striving to mend,
To mar the subject that before was well ?
For to no other pass my verses tend
Than of your graces and your gifts to tell ;
And more, much more, than in my verse can sit,
Your own glass shows you when you look in it.

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  • Reptile Lady gold member
    July 23

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    A wonderful penned acrostic
    A talent I can only awe at, as your words so Shakepearean is amazing.
    Thank you for your entry and best wishes
    Julie


  • maralisa silver member
    July 17

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    wow a great poem
    Ghosting Shakespearean stanzas neat and trim.Exquisite gifts ! This mirror magic’s tame
    Compared to charmed perfection verse can’t frame.good luck in the contest

    . Rewarded 4


  • Night Hope gold member
    July 17

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    "Exquisite gifts ! This mirror magic’s tame
    Compared to charmed perfection verse can’t frame."

    I gotta agree with ya there, Scribe...& you're kinda purty, too. Beautifully penned, extremely gifted, charmingly humble, my Friend.