A Hodge Podge of Thoughts

There really isn't any particular theme connecting the following poems posted today, except for the fact that they were all generated by Tuesday prompt sites...just some random writing.  Some are humorous, others - not so much.  To be honest, I never really know where my muse will take me, but that's a muse, by definition.  Right?

Magpie Tales provided a picture prompt ~

the puzzled pieces

of Christchurch lie in ruins

six point three is dire

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Sis/Few Miles also provided a picture prompt ~

I had a weird thought:

what if wings were a staircase

with cloud banisters?

Should one tap dance up;

slide down to the newel post

or just ponder flight?

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and finally, Carry On Tuesday provided the word/quote prompt of, "Parting is such sweet sorrow..."

Painting by Ford Maddox Brown, 1868-71

 

 

Shakespeare’s Editing Notes From Romeo and Juliet Act II, Scene 2 (as a Luc Bat)

Parting? Doth that be sweet?

Hmmm…How shalt one complete that line?

Who sayeth that?  Define!!!???

Romeo?  Nay.  Assign such speech

to… Juliet! She’d beseech

Romeo to stay  … Each goodbye

for young lovers?  To die!

(This be the crux!) And I’ll direct

them to tragic effect. 

Foreshadowing unchecked, barrow*

shalt they be to’morrow.  

Ah!  Parting is such sweet sorrow…

(*Note: barrow means a large pile of earth over an ancient grave where one or more people are buried.)

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What a Character!

※※※Being an insomniac has its merits. For one thing, you can use your computer without any interruptions whatsoever in the middle of the night, unlike what you'd normally have to deal with during the day. Which is exactly what I was doing in the wee hours of this damp-ish morning.

So, I was checking out Neatorama, a fascinating blog I follow, which has all sorts of - well, neat things! And, that led me to a link for another blog called Quipsologies. This blog also has a lot of very cool things on it. But, one thing which really caught my eye was a link on that page to yet another page called copypastecharacter.com.

You know how you have to search around and play with the 'alt' plus four numbers to get 'special characters' for a document? Or else play with the 'symbol' drop-down to find the character you want to use so you can try and insert it? Well, this page allows you to simply cut and paste the special characters. Fast and easy. And fun. ♥

Check it out!

☞Cheers,
RJ ⁂⁂⁂