THIS IS SOMETHING I THOUGHT ALL YOU POETS WOULD BE INTERESTED IN ;-)
(INFORMATION IS FROM MY SHAKESPEARE BOOK FROM LONG AGO ! )
By: Lavina Burgess
7/14/03
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE YOU WERE BORN IN 1564
FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY NINE YEARS AGO
THE MONTH OF APRIL
FROM YOUR PARENTS,NAMED MARY AND JOHN
YOUR FATHER WAS THE MAYOR OF STRATFORD,ENGLAND
YOU WERE THE ELDEST OF SIX
AND WENT TO THE FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL
AT THE AGE OF SEVEN,LEARNING THE THREE R'S
AND AT THIRTEEN ,WAS TAKEN OUT OF SCHOOL
TO LEARN APPRENTICE,TO LEARN SOME TRADE
SCHOOL AND BUSINESS,DID NOT FILL YOUR MIND
OF NATURE AND BOYISH SPORTS
IN 1592 YOU BECAME AN ACTOR,AND A WRITER OF PLAYS
MARRIED AT EIGHTEEN,TO A GIRL NAMED ANNE
SEVEN YEARS OLDER THAT YOU
A DADDY AT 19 AND TWO YEARS LATER
TWINS,A BOY AND A GIRL
AS A POET,YOU WERE KNOWN AS...
"WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE OF STRATFORD ON-AVON"
IN THE YEAR OF 1596,YOU LOST YOUR LITTLE BOY"HAMNET"
LATER A GRAND-DAUGHTER WAS BORN
IT SENT A RAY OF SUNSHINE,INTO THE DARKNESS
YOU LIVED AND WORKED,SURROUNDED OF JOY AND SADNESS
THEN AFTER FIVE YEARS OF THE HAPPY HOME LIFE
HAD ACTUALLY BEGUN...THE YEAR OF 1616
YOU WERE CALLED UPON,TO LEAVE ALL ON EARTH
THAT WAS DEAR TO YOU
(HIS LINE OF DESCENT BECAME EXTINCT WITH THE DEATH OF HIS GRAND-DAUGHTER IN 1670)
