Somewhat off-prompt today. I’m not a fan of sonnets—although I did use Shakespeare and sonnets as my inspiration…

It’s a little-known fact
that Shakespeare hated sonnets

The sonnet was his “Strangers in the Night”

Everywhere he went—
down the pub
dinner at the inn
a play at the theatre
the opening of a new supermarket
people would pester him:

Come on, Bill, give us a sonnet!

Inside, he would roll his eyes
before he started to recite the poem
for he had tired of comparing thee to a summer’s day
and was sick of iambic pentmeter

One day, in his frustration, he wrote:
My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun…

To his dismay, people still loved it
and though he continued to write sonnets
whatever scintilla of joy remained
was forever extinguished

Come on, Bill, “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day”!

(9 April 2023)

 

 

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