Not Macbeth
For Carolina Borges The 500 Reads Haiku Challenge
the sound and fury
no idiots, poor players
just you and me—ever
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Author's Notes: This is my entry for Carolina Borges' 500 Reads Haiku Challenge, which you can find out more about by following the link below.
Consider it a rebuttal to Macbeth's Speech: “Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow” from Shakespeare's Macbeth (Did I need to say that twice. Oh well. I did) which is all about how futile and meaningless life is. Which I ardently disagree with.
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
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"Do It Again" the track that would ultimately open the Beach Boys final album on Capitol Records which was released on February 10th 1969 had originally been released as a single in August of 1968. The track was the first of many post-Pet Sounds era throwbacks to the early Beach Boys sound which would become continually more cliched and eventually lead the Beach Boys to the level of self-parody they would eventually succumb to in the 1980s while their closest contemporaries The Beatles nearing the end of their run in 1969 would go on to be viewed as the most influential band of all time. However, the song itself is not bad on its surface, and it opens with a futuristic sounding (for 1969) drumbeat captured by then-Beach Boys engineer Stephen Desper using tape delays on the drums performed by Dennis Wilson and John Guerin. The song has been re-recorded numerous times over the years on various Beach Boys-related projects most notably the 2011 re-recording at Capitol studios featuring the five surviving Beach Boys at the time backed instrumentally by various members of both the Brian Wilson Band and Mike Loves touring "Beach Boys" to promote the then upcoming Beach Boys 50th Anniversary reunion tour in 2012. The hammering and power drill sound at the end of the song was an excerpt from a track called "Workshop" that was to be a part of the uncompleted "SMiLE" album.
By Sean Callaghan7 days ago in Beat
Comments (9)
Congratulations Paul, on your Honourable Mention for this masterpiece. Being somewhat of a Macbeth ‘philistine’, your notes on his speech were highly enlightening. In that light, your haiku shone brilliantly. Great job!🤩✅
This is such a clever and moving rebuttal to Macbeth. That last line—‘just you and me—ever’—flips the original monologue on its head in the best way. I’m going through all the haiku entries now, and this one definitely stood out as both thoughtful and tender. Brilliantly done.
I'll grant you your version. Mine is probably closer to William's.
I thought it was acommentary on an Elgin vs Berwick Rangers match , excellent words
And a lovely rebuttal it is…. Good luck on the challenge!
loved the Haiku-also loved Macbeth and how it alluded to greed and lies
It's hard to compete with so many wonderful haiku poets. This is excellent, Paul
Your opening line immediately made me think of one of my favorite authors, William Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury."
Very good writing