There was too much ado about nothing,
A nothing that was poured something --
Still ended up as if there was nothing,
At least we tried, maybe that's something.
Don John stirred too much ado about nothing,
Claudio fought hard to mean something --
Tears under olive trees poured to nothing,
At least they cried, maybe it's something.
Now there is no ado about anything,
Your nothing became my something --
Still ended up into my loathing,
At least I tried? I tried for nothing.
Oh how I loathe, that I ended up with nothing.
“Much Ado About Nothing”
Romeo’s love doesn’t fall through,
As Tybalt piques his fancy too.
And Juliet,
Not in love yet
Chills out on Tinder and Temu.
William, don’t mind the premise pick,
The rhymes have moved on so to speak;
Short and lightweight -
It’s shooting straight,
Not a sonnet, a limerick.
No tragic twists, no tricksy lies,
No fam’ly feuds to dramatize.
It might be viewed
Vulgar and lewd -
But no one kills and no one dies!
Non-duality
Is about nothing
About which
Nothing can be said..
Nothing
Cannot be described
Every description
Is already nothing...
Nothing
As a word
May seem to
Be something
As would be
A substitute word..
What is nothing?
Well..nothing at all
And not even that
And not even
And not
And
Nothing is the end
Ending of searching
And of course
Nothing cannot be
Found...
A polarity
Nothing and everything
Without separation
Nothing dancing...
Nothing is happening
Really..?
Happening is nothing
Happening...
What's between
Seeming polarities
Is nothing..
If nothing moves..yes
Seeming polarities...
Life seems about
Coming to terms
With nothing
With no terms available...
Much ado about nothing!
Identity crisis
1 word has tit in it
Overall it does make you feel like a tit
Att the decisions
Who are you
Identity crisis
No matter how I spell it or shout it or whisper it or talk to someone about it
Noone listens
“Your not gay you like a boy”
“Are you a girl again”
“Are you straight again”
“Once I break up with you will become gay again
Switch it on or whatever you do”
“Who are you”
Identity crisis
Sometimes crisis feels like overkill
A mountain out of a molehill
Much ado about nothing and making a song and dance about nothing
Now that's irony
You may not feel it but your constantly questioning
Who are you
Identity crisis
Makes you feel alienated
You
You have to go through this whilst everyone else doesn't
No one can relate
I don't know who I am
Help
Much ado
About nothing..
The much ado
Is the stage play
Life appearing
On a stage..
Nothing appearing
As the characters on
No stage at all..
Yet we on the stage
Seeking escape from
Tragi-comic scripts
Seeking desperately
For Nothing
Appearing as
Much ado...
(Crediting the
originator of
Much Ado!)
Don John attempted to flee the country.
Soon, he was apprehended
and will pay for his crime.
based on the play "Much Ado About Nothing" by William Shakespeare
Glad to see Hero alive
Claudio's love rekindled
Happy beyond description
What a sweet ending!
based on the play "Much Ado About Nothing" by William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare's plays, as most people know
have been around for four hundred years or so.
The Bard wrote plays that were comedies.
He also composed works that are tragedies.
"Twelfth Night" and "As You Like It" are in the former category.
"Romeo and Juliet" would be considered a tragedy.
Both kinds of plays were written with great quality.
"Hamlet", "Julius Caesar", "Othello" and "King Lear"
are what most folks prefer, it would appear.
This makes me want to ask: "what's going on here?"
Preference for tragedies I cannot see;
especially with all the shootings in the news recently.
Over "Macbeth", I like "Much Ado About Nothing".
In the end, all the characters dance and sing.
Two couples get married, and wedding bells ring.
Oh how wonderful it is to have a happy ending!
Nobody gets killed, and everything turns out nice.
Doesn't anybody here like to throw rice?
Inspired by Shakespeare's works and the 1960 hit song "Let's Think About Living" by the late Bob Luman.
It was as recently as yesterday
that noble Benedick was heard to say
that he would never see his wedding day.
Beatrice as a lady also denied
that the day would come when she'd be a bride.
These two loved one another deep down inside.
Right up to the present, this they both denied
Claudio and Hero displayed for everyone to see
Benedick and Beatrice had written love poetry.
So finally, the truth had come out.
There was no longer any room for doubt.
Based on the play "Much Ado About Nothing" by William Shakespeare
Constables Dogberry and Verges have Don John's cohorts that are bad.
The two men in their custody are named Borrachio and Conrad.
They confessed their involvement in the plot to shame Hero.
Don John took advantage of the gullibility of Claudio.
The friar and company spread the rumor that Hero died.
In reality, until she clears her name, Hero will merely hide.
Meanwhile, the culpable Don John has taken flight.
The enraged Benedick has challenged young Claudio to a fight.
Don't worry readers; everything will turn out right.
A happy ending to this play will soon be in sight.
Based on the play "Much Ado About Nothing" by William Shakespeare
Beatrice listens to Ursula and cousin Hero.
Those two speak loud enough so Beatrice will know.
She cannot believe what those two women say.
Benedick is madly in love with her today?
Three men have duped Benedick in a similar way.
When Beatrice tells Benedick to come to dinner right now,
both of them want to get together somehow.
As surely as the sun always follows the moon,
this couple will be united very soon.
Based on the play "Much Ado About Nothing" by William Shakespeare
Talking together are Claudio, Don Pedro, and Leonato.
Benedick is standing nearby viewing this trio.
The three are aware that Benedick is lurking near,
so they speak loud enough so he can hear.
Benedick and Beatrice readily exchange caustic wit.
He loves Beatrice, but that's something he won't admit.
Beatrice has feelings for Benedick that are much the same.
She won't admit either for fear it might bring her shame.
Well, Benedick is hearing things he cannot believe today.
Beatrice loves Benedick is what the conversing men say.
The words the men have spoken sound very, very, nice.
They have managed to shatter any encumbering ice.
Based on the play "Much Ado About Nothing" by William Shakespeare
Much ado about nothing, I say,
Such nonsense made of Major’s poop
Touch not the precious White House furniture, or,
Lunch on leg of Secret Service nincompoop.
Sad, for four long years, no White House pets
Bad reviews for majestic canine occupants
Add swipes at new First Lady’s Spanish
Glad POTUS does not yet need sycophants.
Claudio and Don Pedro view Hero's bedroom window.
They see what they believe is Hero loving Borrachio.
The woman is actually someone named Margaret in disguise.
This was all staged to perpetrate deceptive lies.
All of this is something Claudio finds hard to believe.
Pity these things should happen on their wedding eve.
Claudio concludes from watching this scene
that Hero is not chaste and unclean.
This presumptive belief deeply hurts Claudio.
He plans to publicly disgrace Hero tomorrow.
Based on the play "Much Ado About Nothing" by William Shakespeare
There is one concrete fact nobody can deny:
In every great story, there has to be a bad guy.
This is one unscrupulous character everybody must know:
He is Don John, the half-brother of Don Pedro.
Don John is a soldier in Don Pedro's army.
They have arrived in a town called Messina in Italy.
This legion has come from winning a great victory.
Don John despises another soldier named Claudio.
He's especially angry when he learns Claudio loves Hero.
To stop the wedding is what Don John must do.
He devises a plan to separate those two.
Based on the play "Much Ado About Nothing" by William Shakespeare
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