Shakespeare In 2023

Should I assume the human form of Shakespeare? Nay! Though in my works, of that great soul, much I might say...! Should he happen to come into my human form? Will I to his storm-like poetic norm conform...? I will, yet, feel like an avatar by him sent, What his thought on illusory life, now, is meant; Do facts and fancies, in writing, intermingle? Do rhymes of truth and falsehood together jingle...? Are our mirages, myths, and truths tightly inter-knit? Do we, about every creature's life, care a bit? Do we applaud virtues born with and by way gained? What use of a poem that, within words, is chained...? The irony, image, symbolism... he used free, Each could, within his unsaid words, hidden truths see; Iambic pentameter did bombard so far, Shook hands with each genre that stood, then, highest par...! I see my Soup friends immerse and emerge from these, By each word, form and figures bear poems at ease; Our pens, like dear Shakespeare's, I know, will never cease, Unless and until, in our graves, we Rest In Peace...!!! 12 January 2023 Shakespeare in 2023 Poetry Contest Sponsored by: Anoucheka Gangabissoon