There's Will In Les Poem by Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

There's Will In Les



By the time Titania is up to 'wonted liveries'
in her first long speech in 'Dream',
you could still be 14 lines back
translating 'undistinguishable quaint mazes
in the wanton green'
into 'completely overgrown tracks
in the grass'.

You could have been a bit more obvious, Will.

You might have skipped that
and be scratching with the implications
of fairy-dispute-caused climate change.
You might muse, 'In this speech,
not a word of a robber',
and eureka!
'wonted liveries are main clobber! '

There's Will In Les
Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Topic(s) of this poem: climate change,fairy,language,poetry,william shakespeare
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
William Shakespeare. Les Murray.
Act 2 scene 1 lines 81-117.
clobber = Aussie for 'clothes'.
eureka! here is a verb.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Michael Walker 07 May 2019

I read Les Murray's 'Collected Poems' some years ago and well remember them. You address Shakespeare in the right tone, not too familiar. I reject climate change.

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Michael Walker 07 May 2019

A tremendous photo and an incisive poem. You address Shakespeare so well, and, like me, reject climate change as an idea.

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Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide
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