The Poetry Warrior (c) Abigail Beaudelle - 2008.
All Poetry and artwork (c) the respective artists.
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Shakespearean Rag
Connie Stadler

Ah Clarence, you eager oenophile!
The Dow Jones industrial average falls 628 points
Soft Winter my Liege, come give us a smile.
President urges calm in face of global meltdown
Good Thane, still troubled by burbling haggish blight?
Sarah Palin can't name a newspaper she reads
How the moon strangely ripples o'er Birnam wood tonight…
Car bomb kills 13 in a Baghdad neighborhood
Speak up Lavinia, and give Tamora another slice.
Birth control supplies cut-off to some of the world's poorest
Ah, Aaron, y'barmy Moor, pray any good advice?
Obama says McCain trying to 'stoke' health-care opposition
Alright Calphurnia, I shall not go to work today…
60 million Americans live with depression, bi-polar…
Rejoice dear Antony, "Peace, freedom, and liberty," hold sway!
White House seeks to halt release of 17 Guantanamo detainees
Poor Claudius so many plans and all come to nil…
Can Pakistan be reformed or is it doomed to collapse?
But then that daft boy's folly is Fortinbras' sweet swill!
As the nation's inmate population reaches 2.5 million

"If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh?
If you poison us, do we not die?
And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?"