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Roger William
at 02:25, 26 Jul 2005
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To Sally - Will Shakespeare's iambic debut
Sally - I took up the tango after going to see The Tango Lesson seven years ago. I've subsequently had my cubans re-heeled twice.
Hope you like the following. With best wishes
Will's first interview.
You say you're writing sonnets? - That's my claim.
But no track record? - Er ... well frankly ... no.
Well, who are you? - Will Shakespeare is my name.
OK .. what rhymes with woe? - God, I don't know.
You said you'd bring examples. - I forgot.
Extemporise! - When forty winters shall ...
No ... that's a load of piffle. - Load of what?
Oh, never mind. - Give me a break - hey, pal?
So what's a quatrain? - Er ... hang on a tick.
No? What about a couplet? - A small cup?
Pentameter ... iambic? - Hello, Bic!
Don't waste my time. - Oh, God ... am I fed up!
You'll never write a sonnet. - Thanks a bunch.
Do me a favour - take ... - An early lunch?
Rog
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sally potter
at 14:48, 26 Jul 2005
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THE HEELS
so glad to hear about the cuban heels
and to see you know how everyone feels
when they start something new. it can be hard.
even - perhaps - for someone like the bard.
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Roger William
at 15:54, 26 Jul 2005
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The dancing bard
You're right - He found it hard - No time to dance
And mango, fruit of which he'd never heard.
He tried a dancing sonnet - but no chance
For tango didn't rhyme with any word.
Rog
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sally potter
at 16:27, 26 Jul 2005
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NOT SO
Not so. There's a deity called 'Chango'
Whose thunder, some think, inspired the tango.
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Roger William
at 22:44, 26 Jul 2005
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Dance on
Dance on
Apart from ‘Chango’, rooted in a past
Where crouching dancers whirled in subdued light.
So Shakespeare with a final couplet cast
Aside his quill and danced into the night.
Rog
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Roger William
at 05:40, 28 Jul 2005
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Loose ends
Sally – Just a tying up of loose ends. It’s been a pleasure talking to you. I’m looking forward to the movie.
HOW SAY YOU?
Did writing come to Shakespeare easily
Or did this gift’s adroitness ever lapse?
Was writer’s block his sometime malady?
You seem to think it was. Oh well, perhaps
You're right - He found it hard - No time to dance
And mango - fruit of which he'd never heard.
He tried a dancing sonnet - but no chance
For tango didn't rhyme with any word
Apart from ‘Chango’, rooted in a past
Where crouching dancers whirled in subdued light.
So Shakespeare with a final couplet cast
Aside his quill and danced into the night.
Thus literature and movement were combined
By rhythms, just for words and dance designed.
Rog
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