haiku-year, poetry

”That god forbid”


I hold thee blameless
though I of thee a slave of
slavish time and thought. 1

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

  1. That god forbid that made me first your slave,— Sonnet LVIII – William Shakespeare ↩
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