Poems Inspired by Shakespeare
#WilliamShakespeare
Poems inspired by Shakespeare. Prose and poetry inspired by scenes, characters and plays, including reworks and parodies. Also poems about William Shakespeare himself, including praise, criticism and memorials.
missjem56
Poem Published
2nd Oct 2023 11:02pm
2nd Oct 2023 11:02pm
Lady Macdeath
Kiss of death
Since Macbeth
Ten days imprisoned
Within my ivory tower
Like a wilting flower
Other than a four hour
Sojourn
No conquests, at the Conquest
No swords, at my behest
Blood was spilt
Drawn through the eye of a needle
No daggers drawn
Or Mick Jagger yawn
No nice Chianti
Dripping upon my liver
Silenced lambs
That would make me quiver
I have returned to my retreat
My castle in the sky
Further recluse'd
And people shy
My belly empty
And my throat is dry
This virus
Is...
Since Macbeth
Ten days imprisoned
Within my ivory tower
Like a wilting flower
Other than a four hour
Sojourn
No conquests, at the Conquest
No swords, at my behest
Blood was spilt
Drawn through the eye of a needle
No daggers drawn
Or Mick Jagger yawn
No nice Chianti
Dripping upon my liver
Silenced lambs
That would make me quiver
I have returned to my retreat
My castle in the sky
Further recluse'd
And people shy
My belly empty
And my throat is dry
This virus
Is...
#illness
#WilliamShakespeare
#healing #pandemic
#healing #pandemic
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missjem56
Poem Published
30th Aug 2023 8:04pm
30th Aug 2023 8:04pm
The Day I Stabbed Shakespeare's Ghost, And Also Made Him Laugh
I once possessed
An Elizabethan Silver Sixpence
(It had seen better days)
And i wondered
Through whose hands
It had once passed
Also
As i held this coin
In the palm of my hand
That it may once of
Been sat in the palm
Of William Shakespeare!
I then imagined
His ghost appearing
Shouting:
"Oye you, hermpen homespun!"
"Return my silver forthwith!"
I responded:
"Depart my humble abode, now!"
"You're bard!"
He responded:
"Is this a dagger i see...
An Elizabethan Silver Sixpence
(It had seen better days)
And i wondered
Through whose hands
It had once passed
Also
As i held this coin
In the palm of my hand
That it may once of
Been sat in the palm
Of William Shakespeare!
I then imagined
His ghost appearing
Shouting:
"Oye you, hermpen homespun!"
"Return my silver forthwith!"
I responded:
"Depart my humble abode, now!"
"You're bard!"
He responded:
"Is this a dagger i see...
#satirical
#funny
#LifeAsAWriter #WilliamShakespeare
#LifeAsAWriter #WilliamShakespeare
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Rew
Poem Published
17th Jul 2023 3:35pm
17th Jul 2023 3:35pm
This Past Future Forager.
September? I shall be a forager...
as I ride Autumn's woodland's bridle paths,
trailed by belladonna's sweet aroma
and the shock of bright blue-flowered wild flax.
I have marked sweet apple; crab-apple trees,
blackberry, hazel tree's nuts, squirrel-like,
and I shan't do battle with working bees
for they guard their King, sleeping, in the hive...
There is Shakespeare in woodland and hedgerows
his bitter rue, the three witches hedge-pig, ...
as I ride Autumn's woodland's bridle paths,
trailed by belladonna's sweet aroma
and the shock of bright blue-flowered wild flax.
I have marked sweet apple; crab-apple trees,
blackberry, hazel tree's nuts, squirrel-like,
and I shan't do battle with working bees
for they guard their King, sleeping, in the hive...
There is Shakespeare in woodland and hedgerows
his bitter rue, the three witches hedge-pig, ...
#sonnet
#flowers
#nature #WilliamShakespeare
#nature #WilliamShakespeare
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LilDragonFly
Poem Published
16th Jul 2023 9:50pm
16th Jul 2023 9:50pm
Ophelia
Sad how the poems she wrote
were the only things to float
above the dead weight of her life
were the only things to float
above the dead weight of her life
#grief
#death
#LifeAsAWriter
#WritingPoetry
#WilliamShakespeare
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4 Comments
dartford
Paul S...
Paul S...
Poem Published
11th May 2023 00:56am
11th May 2023 00:56am
life is theatre
ways out of the city were the
gates; he considered aldgate
as good as any other than
that he thought of new cross gate,
london bridge and the ferry
that would row you across
the river to southwark, to the globe, unimaginable escape ..
gates; he considered aldgate
as good as any other than
that he thought of new cross gate,
london bridge and the ferry
that would row you across
the river to southwark, to the globe, unimaginable escape ..
#WilliamShakespeare
243 reads
2 Comments
dartford
Paul S...
Paul S...
Poem Published
7th May 2023 5:11pm
7th May 2023 5:11pm
genius!
I mean, you won’t come up
with a better title for a romantic comedy than a midsummer
night’s dream all you like ..
with a better title for a romantic comedy than a midsummer
night’s dream all you like ..
#WilliamShakespeare
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1 Comment
dartford
Paul S...
Paul S...
Poem Published
6th May 2023 00:29am
6th May 2023 00:29am
feste on malvolio
no one
understood
what he was
saying
that bloke’s
a fool
stood up for him
saying
not at all
understood
what he was
saying
that bloke’s
a fool
stood up for him
saying
not at all
#WilliamShakespeare
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dartford
Paul S...
Paul S...
Poem Published
3rd May 2023 00:33am
3rd May 2023 00:33am
and, sat in the wings ..
I’ve seen many plays
at the globe, but the one
that sticks out was
a midsummer nights
dream, when we sat in
the wings of faerie ..
at the globe, but the one
that sticks out was
a midsummer nights
dream, when we sat in
the wings of faerie ..
#WilliamShakespeare
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LilDragonFly
Poem Published
11th Mar 2023 8:32pm
11th Mar 2023 8:32pm
Punctuate
To punctuate or not
to punctuate
that is the question
in sorest need of a mark
in a poem that is stark
without a comma
without a colon
so willing to forsake
each for a line break
or an indentation
in lieu of any new punctuation
to punctuate
that is the question
in sorest need of a mark
in a poem that is stark
without a comma
without a colon
so willing to forsake
each for a line break
or an indentation
in lieu of any new punctuation
#confessional
#LifeAsAWriter
#WritingPoetry
#art
#WilliamShakespeare
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16 Comments
missjem56
Poem Published
17th Feb 2023 1:34am
17th Feb 2023 1:34am
Shaky!!!
Shakespeare
You're funny
"What hempen homespuns
have we swaggering here!"
How on Earth
Did he know
So much about me?
"What fools these mortals be?"
Ah!
And so i now see
Time to put
The mirror away
And leave these Skakespearian memories
Further astray
by Jemia
You're funny
"What hempen homespuns
have we swaggering here!"
How on Earth
Did he know
So much about me?
"What fools these mortals be?"
Ah!
And so i now see
Time to put
The mirror away
And leave these Skakespearian memories
Further astray
by Jemia
#satirical
#funny
#WilliamShakespeare
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LilDragonFly
Poem Published
10th Feb 2023 8:47pm
10th Feb 2023 8:47pm
His Due
I’m living for giving
the Devil his due” ~ B.O.C.
How I have truly tried
to deny this darkest side
banishing it into the night
bury it deep in the write
Where words I cannot say
don costumes for this play
walk in a drunken swagger
concealing another dagger
Even Lady MacBeth’s spot
deserved what it finally got
a little poetic flood
of the old man’s blood
While these marching trees
whisper poetry on the breeze
try again to explain
all these things to the Thane ...
the Devil his due” ~ B.O.C.
How I have truly tried
to deny this darkest side
banishing it into the night
bury it deep in the write
Where words I cannot say
don costumes for this play
walk in a drunken swagger
concealing another dagger
Even Lady MacBeth’s spot
deserved what it finally got
a little poetic flood
of the old man’s blood
While these marching trees
whisper poetry on the breeze
try again to explain
all these things to the Thane ...
#dark
#devil
#confessional
#WilliamShakespeare
#StreamOfConsciousness
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4 Comments
Results_May_Vary
Poem Published
3rd Feb 2023 2:33am
3rd Feb 2023 2:33am
Hamlet
I pray you will see me
As I patiently wait for you
Sparing none of her flowers
She sets them gently upon the river
Wishing them the joy she’s lost hope in finding
Her mind is a torrential flood of sorrow
God knows I’ve tried to save her
Starving for solitude, she placed me into her heart
She prays I will see her
As she patiently waits for me
With more to gain with the loss
Mother seems only careless
Never blinked twice to question who slew the King
While I scream at the sky
And cry to the ghost ...
As I patiently wait for you
Sparing none of her flowers
She sets them gently upon the river
Wishing them the joy she’s lost hope in finding
Her mind is a torrential flood of sorrow
God knows I’ve tried to save her
Starving for solitude, she placed me into her heart
She prays I will see her
As she patiently waits for me
With more to gain with the loss
Mother seems only careless
Never blinked twice to question who slew the King
While I scream at the sky
And cry to the ghost ...
#dark
#heartbroken
#WilliamShakespeare
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