Best Lear Poems

An actor auditioning for Lear
Spoke his lines in a manner *****,
    As he’d loudly explain 
    Where the rain falls in Spain,
For he’d read the wrong play it’d appear....

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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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There was a man who wrote nonsense                                      ...

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One hundred four long years ago
He never knew his fame would grow
He started a trend
That would never end
The bane of all poets, you know!

He called it a limerick, you see
It was as simple as could be
Just a touch of cheek
With a little tweak
The last line...

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Baby we may have ten years. No tears and no fears; nobody callin on the phone cept maybe the pope somewhere in rome. for Christmas again' pre-ordained from the 6th day we were mean't to be I don't know why there is no sin I...

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Thomas Aquinas ,a 13th century Italian friar first recorded use of the anapestic meter in the AABBA form with prayers in Latin until Edward Lear used theform for humourous verse.The title Limerick is more uncertain but might have aconnection to the Irish town of that...

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Engiish-born Edward Lear
both poet/artist we do hear
Known best as the limerick king
but art really made him sing...

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Artist&limerickteer Edward Lear
brought a smile&good cheer 
Mostly he wrote nonsense verse
to keep the pennies dropimg into his purse...

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Archie Bunker broke the mold,
All thanks to Norman Lear
And we should all be grateful 
For his brilliant career.

It took a lot of guts to raise
The level of TV
From strictly fluff to shows that dealt 
With stark reality.

Of course, injecting humor helped
When bigots were involved
And even...

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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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Engiish-born Edward Lear
loved nursery rhyme we do hear
They inspired him to invent the limerick
which still makes online poetry sites tick...

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NOT AS LEAR KNEW IT 

There was a young man from near here
Tried to emulate Edward Lear.
The syllable count
Was the right amount
But alas when the end was near
He had too many lines I fear

26th June 2021
Bite size poem No. 14 contest
Sponsor - Line Gauthier...

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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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Cat said it's purrfect
Owl said it's a hoot
And so ...
The Owl and the Pussycat went to sea!...

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