Monday, November 15, 2021

QUOTH THE BARD

Quadrille 140 and we're given the word "fair" for our poem of exactly 44 words.   Submitted to dVerse, November 15, 2021. 

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To be or not to be
In words of the bard
We find  the being
     Is inordinately hard     

We give our best 
All we can bear 
But obstacles appear
      It doesn’t seem fair       

All’s fair in love and war
Says the bard, what’s more


17 comments:

  1. I enjoyed that!...Echoing the bard...

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  2. Lovely Beverly. Thanks for sharing with us.

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  3. Passions run high in both love and war, as the bard understands. Enjoyed your musings!

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  4. "We find the being/Is inordinately hard": the Bard hits the nail on the head in more ways than one. Sometimes fairness just doesn't come into it. Somber reflections, Beverly. I love the way you stretch his words to cover your thoughts.
    pax,
    dora

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  5. The bard has written words of truth ad wisdom.

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  6. Very good Beverly. Yes, try as we might obstacles do come... aging being the greatest one to conquer!

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  7. a fun encounter with the Bard, lovely play on words Beverly!

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  8. Bev, it seems to me that you pretty much encapsulated the human condition in this quadrille! Well done :)

    -David [ben Alexander]

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  9. Yes! He asks the questions, but he also has all the answers. Neatly put.

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  10. And close is close enough — when tossing hand grenades! 💥

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  11. So very true--the being is hard--and the bard knows.

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  12. I wonder if it has to be fair like that... but I guess that the strongest will always win.

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  13. So true! This is gorgeously rendered, Bev! 💝💝

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  14. Shakespeare!!! Wowzers, well done Bev.

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