Ann Peck Poet Sonnet

Shakespeare In 2023

Doth thou, my dear, recall us still?
Tho' years quietly hasten'd on.
Do doves yet fly near Towne's Mill
and carts clang up'n cobblestone?

Are thou still light as summer's day,
with golden lockes o'er which I wept?
Did winter steal thy look of May?
For I was gone, and long I slept.

A dream this be and quite strange;
else I have fall'n, hit my head.
Village has known a bit'r change,
while April vanish'd from my stead.

Doth life but dwell within a rhyme,
ere each day lost to heedless time?

January 6, 2023
for "Shakespeare in 2023" contest
by Anoucheka Gangabissoon

♡Like0

Share Poem

---

Post Comments

Poetrysoup is an environment of encouragement and growth so only provide specific positive comments that indicate what you appreciate about the poem. Negative comments will result your account being banned.

Please Login to post a comment

Eve Roper January 17, 2023 at 12:33 PM Awesome verse, Ann . Congratulations on your 2nd place win in Anoucheka's contest. Ann Peck January 17, 2023 at 3:03 PM Thanks, Eve! It was a fun contest!

Valsa George January 10, 2023 at 8:19 PM Shakespeare is eager to know if things are the same as in the 16th and 17th centuries when he lived and wrote his immortal plays and verse. The concluding lines, I love so much. This is a poem, I am sure will be ranked high. All the Best, Ann! Ann Peck January 11, 2023 at 5:03 PM Dear Valsa, poet of high esteem, thanks for your comments. I'm loving your poems!

Susan Ashley January 9, 2023 at 11:47 AM Oh Ann, this is truly wonderful! You've capture the present-day spirit of the Bard with poetic finesse. Best wishes for a win and warmest wishes for you, my friend.. ~Susan Ann Peck January 20, 2024 at 1:45 PM Thank you so very much, Susan. It was such fun to pretend to be the Bard :)

Harry Horsman January 7, 2023 at 4:41 PM 'I'm wearing my heart on my sleeve,' as i read this gem, Ann. You take one back, better still you bring him into the future. Love it...Harry Ann Peck January 11, 2023 at 4:58 PM Thanks, Harry. I shouldn't have been so hard on the Master.

Jim Slaughter January 7, 2023 at 10:56 AM Ann, I trow that this will be a very strong contender in the contest. BOL!

John Lawless January 6, 2023 at 7:56 PM "who mocketh me in metered rhyme?" The Bard Ann Peck January 7, 2023 at 9:30 AM HaHa! T'was I, m'lord--while pass'n time!