haiku, haiku-year, poetry

“How can I then”

Each night presses day
each day oppresses my night —
these twins taunt me e’er 1

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Image: Copper engraving of William Shakespeare by Martin Droeshout 1623 with a facsimile of William Shakespeare’s signature.

  1. How can I then return in happy plight — Sonnet XXVIII, William Shakespeare ↩
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