A sonnet as my first, slightly whimsical, response to dVerse Poets Pub Poetics – Can You Give Me a Hand?
The young man’s hands were slender, quick and strong,
Composing sonnets to his unknown muse,
Creating worlds in drama and in song
To challenge the emotions and amuse.
The busy writer’s hands were stained with ink,
Ingrained with words, skin cracked and raw with rhyme;
The scratching of the pen spurred him to think,
The melting wax of candles told the time.
The hands that once were softened by caress
Sometimes were stiff and talon-like with age,
Eager to hold and often poised to bless,
Faltering fingers fought to fill a page.
Hands that conjured worlds with paper and quill,
Belonged to Shakespeare – also known as Will.
© Kim M. Russell, 2016
writing in north norfolk 
A beautiful sonnet Kim ~ I really admire this part:
The busy writer’s hands were stained with ink,
Ingrained with words, skin cracked and raw with rhyme;
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Thank you, Grace.
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Fun !
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🙂
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I agree with Grace, these lines are truly inspired.
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Thank you 🙂
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I tried to comment on your Durer’s hands poem, but it seems you aren’t allowing comments?
As for Shakespeare’s hands, you have really characterized them well!
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That’s strange – I haven’t changed anything. Thank you, mary 🙂
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I too could not leave a comment on your second poem. There’s simply nothing to click on to allow it.
Gayle ~
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I’ll ask WordPerss to check it out.
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I’m chatting with WordPress about it now and it seems to have been fixed 🙂
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Nice poem ☺
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A whimsical sonnet well told, Kim! Or Will told if the case may be!
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😉
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Awesome sonnet/tribute!
Love this, especially:
“skin cracked and raw with rhyme”
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The one writing so much has not time to live his poem I would think… Liked your sonnet a lot.
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Such a beautifully written sonnet 🙂
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Thank you, San as 😊
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This is superb–the premise, the meter and rhyme. Wonderful what you did with that prompt.
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Thank you, Victoria.
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I have no doubt that Shakespeare had many frustrations with his writings just like the rest of us! Well done, I really enjoyed your sonnet.
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I’m happy you enjoyed it 🙂
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This is wonderful. I love that the prompt took you to the hands of “Will”. The added challenge of writing a sonnet inspires me to venture out of free verse. I can picture the candles burning down to tell the time.
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Will is never far away!
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A really lovely and accomplished sonnet (my favourite poetic form).
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I fell in love with Shakespeare’s sonnets when I was a teenager and that love has prevailed. 😊
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SMiLes.. i have to wonder
what Shakespeare would
have done with a keyboard
and two hands
to
expand
his floW
iN ZoNe
oF noW..
i would have never
written much of anything
without a tool to escape
chicken scratch
illegibly wRote
and
bred..;)
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