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”Two loves I have”


Comfort and despair
I love; two love’s tug-of-war —
I’ll live in doubt till … 1


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  1. Two loves I have of comfort and despair, — Sonnet CXLIV – William Shakespeare ↩
December 22, 2019rlbussell december, haiku, haiku-year, poems, poetry, shakespeare, sonnet Leave a comment

”Lo! as a careful”

Thy prize flies from thee.
So you fly to catch your ‘catch’.
Still thy ‘Will’ when caught. 1



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  1. Lo! as a careful housewife runs to catch — Sonnet CXLIII – William Shakespeare ↩
December 21, 2019rlbussell december, haiku, haiku-year, poems, poetry, shakespeare, sonnet Leave a comment

”Love is my sin”


My love is my sin;
I’ve robbed other beds their bedding,
I’ve left without leave.1


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  1. Love is my sin and thy dear virtue hate,— Sonnet CXLII – William Shakespeare ↩
December 20, 2019rlbussell december, haiku, haiku-year, poems, poetry, shakespeare, sonnet Leave a comment

”In faith, I do”

Mine eyes love you not.
Five senses sense not with lust.
Yet, plagued I have been. 1

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  1. In faith, I do not love thee with mine eyes,— Sonnet CXLI – William Shakespeare ↩
December 19, 2019rlbussell december, haiku, haiku-year, poems, poetry, shakespeare, sonnet Leave a comment

”Be wise as thou”


The ill need physic,
for want of Physician’s fair.
Love’s my sole madness.1

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  1. Be wise as thou art cruel; do not press— Sonnet CXL – William Shakespeare ↩
December 18, 2019rlbussell december, haiku, haiku-year, poems, poetry, shakespeare, sonnet Leave a comment

”O, call not me”

May you slay outright.
Let not your tongue injure me —
Pray thee, end this pain. 1

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  1. O, call not me to justify the wrong — Sonnet CXXXIX – William Shakespeare ↩
December 17, 2019rlbussell december, haiku, haiku-year, poems, poetry, shakespeare, sonnet Leave a comment

”When my love swears”

My love is truth, though
I know we lie with true tongue,
I hear twisted ears.1

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  1. When my love swears that she is made of truth— Sonnet CXXXVIII – William Shakespeare ↩
December 16, 2019rlbussell december, haiku, haiku-year, poems, poetry, shakespeare, sonnet Leave a comment

”Thou blind fool”


Love’s the blind fool that
makes me see things as they’re not —
Falsehood’s seem so true.1

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  1. Thou blind fool, Love, what dost thou to mine eyes,— Sonnet CXXXVII – William Shakespeare ↩
December 15, 2019rlbussell december, haiku, haiku-year, poems, poetry, shakespeare, sonnet Leave a comment

”If thy soul”

If the number of your
‘Wills’ be fuller still than you
can count, count Love’s will.1


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  1. If thy soul cheque thee that I come so near,— Sonnet CXXXVI – William Shakespeare ↩
December 14, 2019rlbussell haiku, haiku-year, poems, poetry, shakespeare, sonnet Leave a comment

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