Speak the
speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to
you, trippingly on the tongue . . . .
you, trippingly on the tongue . . . .
acquire and
beget a temperance that may give it smoothness.
~Shakespeare’s Hamlet, III:2
To be seen and heard
to be obeyed most of all
words on the page live
Prescriptions and Laws
Descriptions and Inscriptions
Transcriptions and Plays
Poets travel through
scripts to sample, sip, strip, sense,
string and sing new songs
Posted for "Poetry Pantry - #131" at Poets United, this poem grew from this week's prompt at Haiku Heights #203 - Script. Could I say all of this in one Haiku? Yes, but it leaves out poets, and Shakespeare said it better in Macbeth and As You Like It:
World stages players
like horses in blinders who
World stages players
like horses in blinders who
pace and race as told.
I think I should just re order the original so that the second is first, the first is second and the poet stays last. Hmm.
ha a nice look at scripts in various facets....rather more free form than scripted personally....maybe its that to be followed thing...ha...i like the third one as well...all part of the journey
ReplyDeleteI love the challenge of writing haiku ... yours are quite nice.
ReplyDeleteI especially love the last stanza, where the poets sing new songs.......
ReplyDeleteNice set Susan, specially the last one ~ I will sip and savor your scripts ~
ReplyDeleteHi Susan...thanks for your comment over at Poetry Pantry. This has indeed been a VERY busy week for me indeed!!
ReplyDeleteI liked the alliteration in this poem, thinking about words and how poets use them to 'sing new songs' (from the same old words!)
loved the alliteration in the first and the precision of the next.Old Will would have loved them too ;)
ReplyDeletea thoughtful masterpiece ..... reread the set numerous times, so well-crafted
ReplyDeleteLove your take on a poet. Truth!
ReplyDelete" Poets travel through
scripts to sample, sip, strip, sense,
string and sing new songs" best part!!!!
The three string together nicely. I particularly like the diction and pace of the third.
ReplyDeleteThese fit together so nicely, and I loved the last one!
ReplyDeleteScripts. Just played dungeons and dragons and my son the dungeon master told me how I should be playing the scene. I told him to write me the script and I might play again! I think I'll show him this poem and tell him I sing my own song and he'd be a kind master to remember that!
ReplyDeleteExcellent trio, Susan, much more than a simple set of haiku.
ReplyDeleteThe order is right in my humble opinion...
Shakespeare would be proud of you!
The sound of these two lines fascinates me:
scripts to sample, sip, strip, sense,
string and sing new songs.
:)
Fine set of haiku. I love the last one best
ReplyDeleteThis is indeed crafty! Congrats!!
ReplyDeleteThe last says it all for me!
ReplyDeleteI like it!
ReplyDeleteThank you.
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