Best King Lear Poems

Ladies of untrue filial ingratitude
I doubt if you are genuine to the crown
Your love thrown to a villain's attitude
The old king sees now that love speaks than clown
Words. For ladies who plucks respected beard
And poison for love is what thou see'st
A daughter who calls love...

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you only
pass this 
way 
once

take 
your time
make it rhyme
King Lear

not too fast
make it last
don’t fast 
slowly 

consume it
don’t swallow
wallow
in it 

lightly
sight fully
brightly
fright fully

right fully
from right to left
or  left to fight 
from the past to here


cheer 
not 
fear 
King Lear...

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I sometimes wonder who was there
the day Shakespeare finished writing King Lear.
Was he at home with his Annie?
Or was he drunk off his fanny
in the Tabard Inn, stroking the dark lady's hair?
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King Lear’s Voice
 
Nothing out of nothing
William Shakespeare
A king of true tragedy
No unconditional love.

No never and nothing
Machiavellian
His descent into madness
Dead to Heaven above.

Gary Bateman, Copyright © All Rights Reserved
October 10, 2018 (Double Dactyl)...

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