Dear Readers,
Honestly, how many of you have read Shakespeare? You don’t need to be embarrassed or lie and pretend. We’ve barely read Shakespeare ourselves! We keep meaning to but… well, we never seem to find the time. Sad but true.
Tati could say, “To be or not to be…” with a nerdy look, but if you asked her to continue, she’d probably mess up the next line. And Tony… well, Tony loves skulls and drama but that wouldn’t make him the next Prince of Denmark. All he’d be able to utter is, “Verily!” Pathetic really.
So, when all’s said and done, it’s a good thing we’re not writing Shakespeare. No, we’re simply writing a little poem with the help of our Dear Readers. That’s what we’re doing! And we do love that you make us giddy with the excitement of creating.
By the way, a big thank you goes to Fraggle for the next line! Fraggle, our dearest and faithful friend, you rock! Yes, we’re trying to be impartial here but we have to admit that we liked your contribution best. Oh, and why did you make us read about Lady Ophelia? Poor girl! She had a rough trot, didn’t she!
It’s clear that no one informed Ophelia of the rules to this poetry-making game. Let us remind you, Dear Readers, so that you don’t meet a similar fate…
1) We provide the next line of the poem.
2) You write the following line.
3) You submit your line via the comments section of this very post.
4) We pick the line we like most and add it to the poem.
5) We publish every line to date in a follow-up post.
6) Steps 1-5 are repeated until we have a masterpiece!
Please, Dear Readers, pretty please (with a cherry on top), let’s have a happy ending for this poem? Failing that, let’s at least screw Hamlet the fuck up and make a Disney musical from it!
She looks in the book like into a mirror
The face of her sister is there
She wears daffodils in her hair
She reminds her of Shakespeare’s Ophelia
Amid weeping willows along the shore
by TETIANA ALEKSINA, TONY SINGLE, THOM TNKERR & FRAGGLE
© All rights reserved 2018
unbolt me 
A beauty alright, but a little too crazy for sure
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That can sometimes be the case, can’t it! Thanks so much for your cool contribution, Munira!
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but weeping she did abhor
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Nice one, Trevor. Thank you!
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Her soul flying to the skies, her eyes dipped in the mellow yellow of life
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Oh WOW, Doyeeta! That’s great! Thank you for contributing! 😀
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Thank you Tony for giving a chance to add to your thoughts. This is a really wonderful initiative from your siDe. 🙂
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It’s true we can’t remember the exact lines, quotes, phrases from Shakespeare. But Shakespeare is essential. When we study his works, we absorb his philosophy and worldview. It’s is that which we retain . And it has a massive role in our everyday lives .
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Well said! 😀
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Kids! How did you not read ShKespear in secondary school? Cheers,H
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Macbeth is the only Shakespeare play I’m familiar with, I think. I don’t remember reading any others in school…
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Her love awaits him evermore.
Shakespeare is fun. Watching the play before you read it can be helpful.
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I think you’re right there. It was made to be watched anyway, not read. 🙂
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Seeming moral; suppressing a whore
(Sorry if I commented twice: in the subway…)
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No problem! I took care of the duplicate for you. 🙂
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She closes her sisters soppy diary, puts it back in her drawer.
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Hee hee hee. Love the humour here! 😛
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Haunted in darkness one night by the moor
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Ooh! A mysterious contribution there! Thank you!
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simple brain of monkey come up with line what take poem in new direction. fleeing a phantom tyrannosaur. this line reflect state of madness what hamlet inject into mind of poor maiden ophelia.
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Hee hee hee! It can be a farce! Nice one, Mr Sock Monkey sir! 😉
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Very cool. Thank you.
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Thank you for reading!
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