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...

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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...

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From time to time, people ask me
About my education.
Only then, I remember
I have no degrees or diplomas.
I attended no university either.
I hated textbooks and exams.
I...

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Sub-atomic particles
the atoms they form
molecules, cell organelles
cells, machinery of life
organs, organisms
communities and ecosystems
planets, solar systems, galaxies
galactic clusters and their inverse
black holes the doors to other
universes,...

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William Wordsworth
England was the place of his birth
He got inspired and became quite thrilled
When he saw a host of golden Daffodils

William Shakespeare
Had great poetic flair
He...

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I am Cordelia in King Lear
My love to you cannot be expressed
With meaningless words the man created.
I know you will never ask me
Or ever wanted...

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Look in this glass, and tell me if you can see a little devil in; 
But, I`m afraid you cannot do it today, so let...

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Written for a couple who love Shakespeare and are getting married Sat. 02 
Oct. 2010

This isn't a tragedy as in 'Macbeth',
'Hamlet' or 'King Lear':
Nor is...

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How like a monster is my fear of pain
Expanding to fill all my heart and mind
Swelling like a  giant sponge   in the...

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the daughter of a miller abducted, exiled, held 
locked as prisoner didst bawl
achingly, effusively, indubitably murmured plaintively 
quite riotously didst call
out for help, when stalked...

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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...

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Only name the day, and I shall be there 

This morning the notification woke me up 

With still sleep in my eyes I reached for...

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Jack just had a big fight with his son Zach about it. He said
I'm tired of hearing how you're too tired to do your homework....

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In light and shadow wherever I walk
Dismembered dialogues always stalk
Splattered life on leaves and flowers
Broken are our crystal hours

We are at a loss in this...

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MAGIC IS THE MIND 

Poetry is to poets a fantasy world,
You can say the truth or be absurd,
You can travel to Venus if you like,
Go...

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