Price Paid Over Time

APRIL 23RD Jealousy, betrayal, revenge,Royal crumpets and jamWomen's empowermentOn display in a playIn what the critics callFun for the whole famAnd all wrapped uplike nothing you've ever seenStaged in a comedy for the queen 1597: William Shakespeare's "The Merry Wives of Windsor" is first performed, with Queen Elizabeth I of England in attendance What a …

Poison in Many Forms

APRIL 20TH I got timeYou got the heatI think we should meetI'll bring the methodSmooth as silkJust one questionGot milk? 1862: First pasteurization test completed by Frenchmen Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard Much like parentsWith an unruly childThe Curies nurturedSomething wild(that took years off their lives, making them suffer to the point they wished they …

Ophelia

A hair's breadth from wild boy, promises amount to nothing He speaks of honour and graces with words that never sing. Tortured soul, rest your head, Time now to observe. I am the keeper of that which you covet, The adoration you so deserve. OPHELIA Pray you, let’s have no words of this, but when …

If You Haven’t Got A Sonnet

  The sonnets form Under the knife Whittled from norm Breathes new life And can be found Just as profound Just see Steve B   Special thanks to my friend Stephen Buchanan (aka muttado1sb) for the Real Neat Blog Award nomination. I've never written a ha'sonnet before, I don't think I did the form justice. …

Life Sonnet

Our origin, shared across wayward lands Unbroken, alights the way, paths well worn A soul splinters, as sacrifice demands That moment, baby and mother are born Woman and mother, god like in power Give life as it was given at behest Value we garner, derived from each hour Each day full of life, with no …