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Oh, To Be Wooed By Will

Romantic Daydreams

By Kelli Sheckler-AmsdenPublished 11 months ago 1 min read
Oh, To Be Wooed By Will
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daydreamt into a fantasy

awoke in 1593

Will Shakespeare quoting poetry

to fair-haired maidens, just like me

"shall I compare thee

to a summer's day

thou art more lovely

he did say

temperate, darling, buds of May

with lease, as ours, too short a date"

although I jest, and paraphrase

fact or fictionFor FunFree VerseHolidayhumorinspirationallove poemsperformance poetrysurreal poetryStream of Consciousness

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Kelli Sheckler-Amsden

Telling stories my heart needs to tell <3 life is a journey, not a competition

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  • Kayleigh Fraser ✨11 months ago

    This made me smile 😊 (still smiling!) Thank you ❤️🙏🏻

  • Babs Iverson11 months ago

    Love your love poem!!!

  • Mother Combs11 months ago

    We'd be forever lost if we were wooed by the likes of Will

  • Susan Payton11 months ago

    A female Shakespeare for sure. Nicely written.

  • LRB11 months ago

    I love this so much! Awesome work!

  • Mark Graham11 months ago

    Really good and you could be a female Shakespeare. Good job.

  • Melissa Ingoldsby11 months ago

    Absolutely love this

  • Tiffany Gordon11 months ago

    💖

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