(I’m writing a poem a day for 100 days. The next day’s poem’s title is based on comments on the previous day’s poems.)(From November 2018 through March 2019, I wrote one poem a day for 100 days at my Facebook page. While I get my act together to return to ranking things, I will be reprinting the poems here. I’m currently writing another 100 poems. Rankings will resume soon) (I’m writing a poem a day for 100 days. The next day’s poem’s title is based on comments on the previous day’s poems.)
Here’s a remembrance of things past:
I had some notes for my Macbeth
“Tomorrow and tomorrow and…”
The year was 1995
The meaning of that monologue
Was lost on me entirely
I could delay paying but debts come due
I think I said it sounded flat
And I recall Macbeth agreed
He stood resplendent in tartan
Gloriously framed by stage light
Posed by a mound of TV sets
“It’s the second most famous speech
And I could use some more support”
“Commit to the moment” I said
Which is to say I couldn’t help
I could delay paying but debts come due
Macbeth conquered the monologue
His hands were entirely clean
No witchcraft was involved (this time)
Just his training and native wit
And when I think on this I smile
My ignorance no hindrance
I could delay paying but debts come due
(Writer’s Digest was the source of this poetic form – The Bop)
(Originally published here on December 6, 2018)