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To Shakespeare With Admiration

He was the bard from Stratford, and as a teenager he helped his father in his trade; he married and had children and became the most popular and admired play writer in all England...acting was also his other pleasurable passion. Curious Queen Elisabeth was one of the thousand spectators, who came to see him in the Globe theater...she shed tears, and was stunned by the performance of his timeless plays, and yet, some of his fellow-poets criticized him for his writings! I wish I had lived in that Victorian era so intellectual and refined, and had met him in person and had showed him my ample admiration; I would have asked him the secret, which made him so legendary and loved... and he would have whispered it to me, to make me revel in that revelation! I have read his inspiring works, and tragedies rampantly occur from " Romeo and Juliet"...the Verona's immortal lovers, through" Hamlet " whose insanity was undoubtedly caused by the specter of his father; and why didn't Shakespeare choose less dramatic plays not ending in death? He wanted to teach us indelible lessons to show us how the human spirit can be passionate, adamant, loveless, envious, cruel, unfair and treacherous... to outline all kinds of guilt: from murder to envy so well-expressed with eloquence; it's no mystery to anyone how he conjured up such plots with grief, madness and wit! Shakespeare was no ordinary kid, and he played with his siblings on Henley Street, neighbors saw him trot to his grammar school, later he would make everyone weep; early in adolescence, did his prodigious mind envision one from a vague thought? It's no wonder that he is widely read even today...hear his speak, he'll impart worth! Entered in Amy Green's contest, " Wow Me With Inspiration "

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Date: 4/16/2010 10:15:00 PM
I visited Stratford-upon.Avon in 1989 and still preserve happy day I passed in his house.
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Date: 4/16/2010 10:14:00 PM
A very fitting tribute to the bard. I study him for the last 50 years. Still I think I know very little about him.
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Date: 4/16/2010 1:51:00 PM
This poem Wowed me with inspiration,,I love SHakespeare and wish to have lived in his era..I went to Stratford last January just to have a piece of Shakespeare..I visited where He lived as a Child and when he grew up before leaving to London,It was wonderful with people acrting ,dressed in Victorian costumes..Tnks for rekindling this flame for shakespeare,He wows me too, a poem to my favs...Char
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Date: 4/16/2010 11:29:00 AM
I am so pleased to have been able to read your poetry this morning Andrew. Have a wonderful day and the best to you in the contest. Love, Carol
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