"A’ shall answer it. Some pigeons, Davy, a couple of short-legged hens, a joint of mutton, and any pretty little tiny kickshaws, tell William cook."
Henry IV Part 2: Act 5, Scene 1
The Wheel
Rediscover the wheel
Make it better this time
One on every plate and
one in every garage
Review its performance
Is it compatible
All computer platforms
Restart in one minute
Reveal it in New York
Make headlines tell it all
Advertise sell sell sell
Every office and home
Respect the laws of state
Patents and copyrights
Protect invention well
Competition be gone
Renounce all old models
Software updates won't work
on machines that aren't ours
Corner on the market
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- Poem Copyright, Jimmiehov 2020, All Rights Reserved
- I am linked with Kerry O'Connor in the Imaginary Garden at https://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/2020/04/april-2020-days-21-25.html?m=1 . Kerry had for our prompt today a previous post, "The Bard", a prompt in honor of William Shakespeare's death on this day on 1616, https://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/2016/04/kerry-says-lets-tip-our-hats-to-bard.html?m=1
- linked with Rommy FOR MY FIVE "Re WORDS" at Weekly Scribbles, https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/?m=1
- and with NaPoWriM 2020 Day 23 at http://www.napowrimo.net/day-twenty-three-6/
Hmmm, so you think he might have a bit of a battle to reach an audience today? Or are you saying that a good businessman (as he undoubtedly was too) would adopt the present ways?
ReplyDeleteI have complete faith in him, were he alive today he would. He wrote a slew of embellishments of fairly current English historical events. I am thinking this was a tavern scene, a pub, where the brasserie meal was to be a fine stew. Making a stew with what was on hand like inventing a machine, possibly to replace the wheel. That was the closest quote from Shakespeare I could find.
ReplyDeleteAn aside, after eleven years of college, a lot in the evenings while working full time, I couldn't force myself to leave so I started my fourth career teaching in one. One of my new goals was to read all the works of Shakespeare, a goal i failed miserably.
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I like the way you started each stanza with one of the words!
ReplyDeleteI believe Shakespeare is relevant for the age we live in...Also he will outlive computer updates
ReplyDeleteWe've waited a long time for someone to reinvent the wheel. The bard could name it, curse it eloquently, praise it with equal eloquence, but one wonders if he could reinvent it in one fell swoop (his words)! A fun read with clever use of the chosen words.
ReplyDeleteI'll bet old Will Shakespeare could come up with some rather clever jingles too.
ReplyDeleteNow I have the mind-picture of a wheel on my plate... The mind works in mysterious ways.
ReplyDeleteI can remember many years ago I wrote a story about a caveman that invented the wheel. Pretty sure his family will be after you if you try that on!
ReplyDeleteA brilliant tribute to Shakespeare, and funny read too. :-)
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