a new Shakespeare sonnet for you
Our latest winter has now come and gone, Another time to make account. We see The harvest bounty yet so newly won Laid safe in store to wait whate’er might be. Though droughts or storms are yearly forecast still, Our voice is strong above the sounds of gloom, We shout our needs and sow the seeds that will Soon grow to flower in banks where fortunes bloom. But yet; my restless mind allows no peace, By day and night my thoughts still fly to you. I long to speak for speech will speed release And fill my heart with sounds and pictures new. The spring draws near, ideas are on the wing, The world’s before us, let new voices sing. I was just interviewed by a student journalist writing something about talk like Shakespeare day. Prompted me to send you this sonnet from my book out this month. *26 ways of looking at a blackberry* takes a pice of business text, from an annual report, and rewrites it in 26 different ways. One way is as a Shakespearean sonnet, shown above. Good luck to you John Simmons
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