"Compare me to a 'summer's day?'
Oh, no!" quoth Mistress Hathaway.
"For, dearest Will, hast thou forgot
That summer's days are rarely hot?
Though gobal warming cometh, dear.
It will not be for many a year.
But I will take thy verses, all,
And pin them to the kitchen wall.
For it may be, the day will come
When they will fetch a tidy sum."
(With thanks to Tess at Magpie Tales for the picture)
A witty, sideways look!
ReplyDeleteLoved this take..almost did it myself...it is screaming Pride and Prejudice type writing!
ReplyDeleteBrilliant, clever and oh so very funny. You are on your game today, Frances! Thank you for sharing. I shall take it to my sister-in-law's and read it over the dinner hour, tonight. We are in need of this poem to lift our spirits. =D
ReplyDeleteWe can but live in hopes! LOL :)
ReplyDeletevery lively and clever!
ReplyDeleteWow. Differently beautiful. Loved this.
ReplyDeleteawesome! :-))
ReplyDeleteJJRod'z
Clever, confident anachronisms. I particularly like the way she berates him for his failure to describe her as "hot!"
ReplyDeletetake all thy verses, and magnet them to the fridge would be a really cool anachronism!!
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Clever!
ReplyDeleteThat way you get something out of them at least…ha
ReplyDeleteLove, love reading your witty, fun Mags!! This one is no exception.
ReplyDeleteA witty write! And maybe that tidy sum will pay for the carbon footprint tax!! :)
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely brilliant. Thank you, Frances.
ReplyDeleteThat's cheered me up on a wet Monday morning!
ReplyDeleteLovely! Have you thought of publishing a book of your poems? (Or, maybe you already have?)
ReplyDeleteSeems your running red hot with this one, Frances !
ReplyDeleteWonderful verse and is that you next to Bridget Jones on the 3 for 2 shelf? Wow, wow and another wow!!
ReplyDeleteright start with a classic line - solid piece
ReplyDeleteNow there’s a woman who was thinking ahead. Well done on a witty piece.
ReplyDeleteThank you for all the very kind comments. And Gail, you're very sweet, but no. I have never published poems, because, sadly, I can only write silly stuff, and there are a great many peole who are much, much better :(
ReplyDeleteI know I'm going to smile when I come here...
ReplyDeleteWitty and wise and all things nice!
ReplyDeleteClever witty write (as always) Frances.
ReplyDeleteAnna :o]
I wish that I could think of some suitably witty retort but I'll just have to make do with admiration.
ReplyDeleteQuick and quirky. A perfect little read!
ReplyDeleteWonderful poem for Summertime
ReplyDeletevagabond admires your pithy rhymes.
:^)
Love it!
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