Best Shakespeare Poems

You had me oblivious to your antics, 
as you hushed me tenderly by the creek 
into your hide and seekable 
soul-surrendering secret relief. 
There, you cottled me into softness 
with a simple chin caress, 
which continued to smooth 
the entire twisting course 
of my delicate...

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Tubby or not tubby
fat is the question!

Jan Allison
21st November 2014...

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I ran into Shakespeare the other day.
Told him I too am writing a play.
He asked about the premise, which was a reeler.
I had no idea he is a big premise-stealer.

I told him the plot, and he took a few notes.
I was excited when I saw...

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Shakespeare, your words are interlaced with mine
With brilliant words of wit I choose from verse,
Yet I could never write near as divine.
Many have tried and failed... a poet’s curse.
You’ve set the bar beyond clouds in the skies.
Your clever words rain down as crystal tears.
My breath...

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WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN

Jim’s fallen head over heels for a girl,
He’s forgotten his mates; they’re in limbo
One whiff of her scent, his head’s in a whirl
But why did he choose Sue THAT blonde bimbo?
Like a shadow they are never apart
Stuck together tightly with...

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Dedicated to my beautiful sister, Dr. Barbara Voglino, with thanks for introducing me to some of the greatest literature ever penned.  Love you, Sis!


The bedroom we shared,
Always quiet as a tomb

Until my sister Bobbie would ask 
If I wanted a tale

She spoke of a...

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Why don't I love thee?
Let me count your awful ways- 
Idle, cheating, bastard....

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the frozen breath would stain
the night sky black,
as it swallows the harmony
of a lone cricket choir.

your skin reflects 
our shroud of sweat,
your teeth sacredly protest 
across my naked shoulders

in this Moët room.
The half moon comes 
to rest its rays, 
casting a former shadow

on fingers that...

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I just tried out Soup’s grammar checker
It graded my work at just three
I smashed my IPad into pieces
You might say it kind of irked me

So I loaded up sonnet eighteen
(Compare thee to a summer’s day)
I copied and pasted that poem 
Precisely as Shakespeare did say

Seems...

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She was left alone

Standing in the rain

Even though it’s not shown

She’s filled with nothing but pain.

 

He was supposed to be with her

They were supposed to have a date

He was going to propose to her

But he couldn’t escape his fate.

 

What’s she to do now?

He...

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How fast time has fled in limitless wingspan
How months and years have merged into eons
Bringing such changes, so awesome and spectacular

I have come swinging open the iron gates
Of the Netherworld where I have been asleep
For over the last four centuries from now

From my prolonged slumber,...

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I shalt ne'er be a famous bard such as William Shakespeare.

From mine pathetic poetical quill he hath naught to fear!

Mine immoral mot, "Where'er thou mayest be let thine water flow free",

I fear shalt ne'er compare to Bill's immortal line, "To be or not to be!"

"He...

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where 
art thou

i give 
my heart

to thee
for thou

are
art...

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The quintessential of nyctophilia, wrapped in bridal attire, slowly and slowly as in somnambulism there goes the heroine of timeless tragedy to supersede her lovers feigned insanity.

Her beloved father is no more, being killed by her suitor's intrigued tyranny;
ignored to be drowned, to burn in...

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If we could look into the seeds of time,
and say which grain will grow and which will not,
we would arrange our affairs defiantly
in the face of current opposition.

If a thought should geminate and flourish
in the barren soil of the status quo,
it would likely be by...

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