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for Miz Quickly’s Something Different

The Peasant’s Dance

What should I do but say
come away. Come away.
You, too dear to be absent
from spring and sun’s heat.

Love me with your eyes.
I, the lover, and you my lass.
This marriage is forty winters
that besiege your brow.

Look into this glass, look not
into the sun, nor at marble
nor gilded monuments, nor
brass, nor stone, nor sea.

Love swears, and lips rehearse …
shall I compare you to a summer’s day.

This poem is a found remix from the first lines of 53 Shakespeare poems that appeared in a Google search. For Miz Quickly. Image Bruegel the Elder, Peasant Dance © Misky 2021

Misky

Feb 23, 2021

ekphrastic, Miz Q, Poetry

8 responses to “for Miz Quickly’s Something Different”

Hobbo

Feb 23, 2021 at 4:50 pm

Clever take on old Willy Shakespeare.

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1. Misky
  
  Feb 23, 2021 at 5:08 pm
  
  Thank you!
  
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barbcrary

Feb 23, 2021 at 4:59 pm

Getting ready for April, I see. Great thought for this particular challenge and you did an excellent job with it!

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1. Misky
  
  Feb 23, 2021 at 5:07 pm
  
  Thanks so much! I’m a bit worried about April. A quick glance through the book, and I’m not finding much coming together.
  
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Jules

Feb 23, 2021 at 7:32 pm

Amazing finds those lines. 😀

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1. Misky
  
  Feb 23, 2021 at 10:43 pm
  
  Thanks so much, Jules.
  
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peterfrankiswrites

Feb 23, 2021 at 10:12 pm

So clever this. It reminds me how we – poet and reader – create meaning and make sense – even when there’s none there (or is there?). And Bruegel again – with their big clomping shoes – terrific.

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1. Misky
  
  Feb 23, 2021 at 10:45 pm
  
  Thank you. I’m delighted that you enjoyed it, Peter.
  
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