Tag: Shakespeare

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pleasing news

Jun 29, 2021 #blazon, #canticle: on the beauty of my mother's knees, #conceit, #love, #my mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun, #Shakespeare, #sonnet, #Sonnet Prize, #Ware Poetry Prize, #william shakespeare by Lucy Crispin

A quick post to let you know that I’ve recently won the Ware Poetry Sonnet Prize, with the poem I wrote for my mother shortly before she died. The competition was judged by the splendid, and local-to-me, Kim Moor. It was interesting reading her judge’s report because…

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poetry appreciation

is April really the cruellest month?

Feb 11, 2021 #Bill Christopherson, #Christopherson, #cold, #coronavirus, #Covid 19, #dark, #Dickinson, #Emily Dickinson, #fear, #February, #form, #hope, #pandemic, #regret, #Shakespeare, #shall i compare thee?, #sonnet, #structure, #winter by Lucy Crispin

Cos this month, though it’s short, does seem to go on rather. I do enjoy the early nightfalls of winter, and the pleasure of being cocooned in the heavier-weight duvet, rejoicing in warmth while all outside is cold. But there comes a point when I don’t want to get up in the dark; when I’m tired of wearing clothes that rustle and having my hood up, slithering in mud on my morning walk. So when I discovered this account of ‘February‘ by Bill Christopherson, it resonated. See what you think.

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