Saturday, April 23, 2016

Bard


"The lunatic, the lover and the poet are of imagination all compact"
A Midsummer Night's Dream - William Shakespeare



The bard of past sorrows
and magnificent words
inspires me so

A lunatic, a lover, and
a poet
a self-portrait  written
in words I could not
muster on my own

To confess the elements
of my being
rest assured
my hesitancy
is solid

If it is in imagination only
that these three are joined
then I can still hide

unidentified



"ellecee"






Day 23



11 comments:

  1. That line always strikes me as being especially profound!

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  2. Excellent response to the prompt Linda :D love that quote!!

    Lots of love,
    Sanaa

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  3. Ah, charming. We are all some or all three to be writing so much this month! Thanks. K.

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  4. I think you have pinpointed the trinity of poetry so well.

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  5. Heehee. This is so profound, and I love the voice you've chosen to relay it. One of my favorite quotes, also.

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  6. I like how you took his quote and incorporated it into your own poem so seamlessly!

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  7. A powerful poem, acknowledging the perspectives of a poet and the bard of all poets.

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  8. Hmmmm... are we what we imagine ouselves to be (or not to be ) ;-)

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  9. I love this one. Just love it, and that quote of course. I don't think I could live without A Midsummer Night's Dream :)

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  10. What a thought provoking exploration of that quote!

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