Falstaff Poems - Poems about Falstaff

A Good Sense of Humour Blunts the Sharp Blades of Reality

...I try to crack a joke to tame a tense situation,
As a way of blowing up the slow building steam.
With a joke, I see all resentments flitting away,
And watch, how a happy mood begins to stream....

Various Heresies 12

...Various Heresies 12

God Had a Plan
by Michael R. Burch

God had a plan
though it was hardly “divine.”
He created a terror: 
Frankenstein.

He blamed death on man:
was that part of the pla...

marionette

...Why did it have to be you, it could have been anyone else 
But if it was anyone else, I wouldn't be writing this 
You took something from within me, you still have it clasped in your 
hand...

Red Fox Totem

...Red Fox is a totem being,
for in true wisdom, he is seeing,
though in dreams, an image fleeting;
it bears repeating, it bears repeating.

Reminds us all, we have to laugh,
have fun, play, be...

I Was a Teenage Shakespeare - With Apologies To Michael Landon

...I wore my leather jacket for the midnight crawl;
Howled a sonnet at the rising moon.
In a comedy of errors, let the engine stall;
Told my baby she’d be rescued soon.

I’m gonna rock like Romeo; ...

Please Mr Shakespeare

...What would William Shakespeare have to say of Trump's actions in this tragedy
play? Would he liken Trump to King Lear, consumed by vanity, loyalty and fear?  Is Trump yet another Sir John Falstaff, ...

Avoirdupois

...Avoirdupois

The endomorph enjoys our affection
as the comic figure of tradition.
Friar Tuck, Falstaff, and Old Toby
recall rotund revels and ribaldry.
Devils are always portrayed as thin.
the...

Discretion and Passion

...Discretion…and Passion

Valour proclaims indifference to safety and
Is kindred spirit to passion, which links
The spirit and body, the soul’s 
Physical manifestation, and drives 
Humanity forwa...

Villanelle: French Gourmand Once Sailed To the Isle of Ewe

...Villanelle: French Gourmand once sailed to the Isle of Ewe
  
     Dedicated to the great French actor, Off Course!

French Gourmand once sailed to the Isle of Ewe
Must you invite high breeds...

A Farewell To Friendship

...Poor Prince Hal, just wanted a pal, a friend
Someone to drink and laugh with til the end

Pawning all his hopes on white lies so far
Spending all his coins at Quickly's bar

Playing pranks on F...

Listening

...LISTENING

it’s a given
old people are forgetful
every one says so
most old people will listen
and so they are infected

when one gets older
one naturally slows down
every one says so
most old people...

Listening

...LISTENING

it’s a given
old people are forgetful
every one says so
most old people will listen
and so they are infected

when one gets older
one naturally slows down
every one says so
most old people...

Listening

...LISTENING

it’s a given
old people are forgetful
every one says so
most old people will listen
and so they are infected

when one gets older
one naturally slows down
every one says so
most old people...

Falstaff

...My tongue is loosened by champagne but I speak as I do everything 
for all the world to know

That I am old more the pity and my white hairs do witness it
if good food wine and beer be a fault then g...

Charlie D

...ode to the tomfoolery of 
charlie d.---
i  praise ye 
d.,
sweet falstaff of this postmodern age
who causes us to cachinnate,
stumbling backward in 
ha-ha’s,
be it when you give a guy a box fu...

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