The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Thu 5/25/06)

[RetroLounge]

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? (Sonnet 18)

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date.
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimmed;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance, or nature's changing course, untrimmed;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st,
Nor shall death brag thou wand'rest in his shade,
When in eternal lines to Time thou grow'st.
So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

William Shakespeare

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RL

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[AirmensMom]

1. Good selection, RL!

:applause: Thanks! :yourock:

[wildhorses]

2. ....

*swoon*









:hi:

[Callalily]

3. How lovely RL

Now this is a good way to start the day! Thanks.

[miss_american_pie]

4. Sonnets

*sigh*

:hi:

[RetroLounge]

5. yup

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely...

:sigh:

RL

[miss_american_pie]

8. Summer...

Summer in the Country
Charles Simic

One shows me how to lie down in a field of clover.
Another how to slip my hand under her Sunday skirt.
Another how to kiss with a mouth full of blackberries.
Another how to catch fireflies in jar after dark.

Here is a stable with a single black mare
And the proof of God's existence riding in a red nightgown.
Devil's child--or whatever she was?
Having the nerve to ask me to go get her a whip.

[RetroLounge]

9. I'm really beginning to like Simic...

:hi:

RL

[miss_american_pie]

10. What a surprise

;)

[RetroLounge]

11. Oh, I'm full of surprises...

:D

RL

[miss_american_pie]

12. ...

Just so long as they don't involve whips. :evilgrin:

[RetroLounge]

13. Oh, not my style.

I'm more into gentle surprises.

:hug:

RL

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. My dear RetroLounge!

What a marvelous sonnet this one is.....one of my all-time favs!

To be immortalized by such a man......I hope the lady in question appreciated her fate!

*sigh*


So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.


What seductive words.....I wonder if they worked? They would have.....with me.....

:loveya: :hug:

[Whoa_Nelly]

7. I love Shakespeare!

Thank you, RL! :hi: :loveya:

[swimboy]

14. Thank you. It is perfect, isn't it?

Here's to the bard, to you, and to gentle surprises. :hug:

[RetroLounge]

15. ...

:hug:

RL

[yvr girl]

16. A classic

lovely.

AND don't think I haven't noticed all the flirting you're doing with Miss Pie. :spank: