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”I never saw”

Paint does mar fair pearl.
As would my tongueless words, you.
Make not silence sin. 1


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

  1. I never saw that you did painting need — Sonnet LXXXIII – William Shakespeare ↩
October 22, 2019rlbussell haiku, haiku-year, October, poem, poetry, shakespeare, sonnet Leave a comment

”I grant thou wert not”


You’ve no promise made—
this I grant—yet better served
are you by my verse. 1


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

  1. I grant thou wert not married to my Muse — Sonnet LXXXII – William Shakespeare ↩
October 21, 2019rlbussell haiku, haiku-year, October, poem, poetry, shakespeare, sonnet Leave a comment

”Or I shall live”

I’ll survive not by
my breathless breath, but ever
will world know thy fame. 1


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

  1. Or I shall live your epitaph to make, — Sonnet LXXXI – William Shakespeare ↩

October 20, 2019rlbussell haiku, haiku-year, October, poem, poetry, shakespeare, sonnet Leave a comment

”Oh how I faint”

Insignificant is
my mean barque within the sea —
you’re my Muse – my best.1

© rl busséll 2019 – All rights reserved.

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

  1. Oh how I faint when I of you do write, — Sonnet LXXX – William Shakespeare ↩
October 19, 2019rlbussell haiku, haiku-year, October, poem, poetry, shakespeare, sonnet Leave a comment

”Whilst I alone”

Lend not thyself to
another poet’s pen, he’ll waste
thy virtue on vise. 1

© rl busséll 2019 – All rights reserved.

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

  1. Whilst I alone did call upon thy aid,— Sonnet LXXIX – William Shakespeare ↩
October 18, 2019rlbussell haiku, haiku-year, October, poem, poetry, shakespeare, sonnet Leave a comment

”So oft have I”

Thou my musings muse,
give to my artlessness art,
learn me thy learning. 1


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

  1. So oft have I invoked thee for my Muse —Sonnet LXXVIII – William Shakespeare ↩
October 17, 2019rlbussell haiku, haiku-year, October, poem, poetry, shakespeare, sonnet Leave a comment

”Thy glass will show”

Note the sun’s passage:
how he sets silent trek to
mark his mark — you’re etched. 1

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Image: Copper engraving of William Shakespeare by Martin Droeshout 1623.

  1. Thy glass will show thee how thy beauties wear,— Sonnet LXXVII – William Shakespeare ↩
October 16, 2019rlbussell haiku, haiku-year, October, poem, poetry, shakespeare, sonnet Leave a comment

”Why is my verse”

Ever with seven
and ten do I frame my love’s
frame — never same. 1


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Image: Copper engraving of William Shakespeare by Martin Droeshout 1623.

  1. Why is my verse so barren of new pride,— Sonnet LXXVI – William Shakespeare ↩
October 15, 2019rlbussell haiku, haiku-year, October, poem, poetry, shakespeare, sonnet Leave a comment

”So are you”


I can’t choose thee by
halves — I’ll have all or nothing,
feasting or famine. 1


© rl busséll 2019 – All rights reserved

Image: Copper engraving of William Shakespeare by Martin Droeshout 1623.

  1. So are you to my thoughts as food to life, — Sonnet LXXV – William Shakespeare ↩
October 14, 2019rlbussell haiku, haiku-year, October, poem, poetry, shakespeare, sonnet Leave a comment

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