Lady MacBeth

By the dagger and the hangman
sat a little loathsome queen,
innocently braiding flowers
with hands she could no longer clean.

Humming quietly in silence,
ponders with the slightest dread:
Could she shake the searing voices?
Could she rest upon her bed?

She looked so grave in Winter’s dressing;
white as snow she cut it deep…
Away from hands that did betray her,
Her lady found a way to sleep.

  • Thomas Josiah Chappelle

    Thomas Josiah ...

    Now that is awesome stuff

  • jules / Missy frost

    jules / Missy ...

    Haunting….Great stuff

  • hilarydougill

    hilarydougill

    Very Good!!! Shakespeare couldn’t have done it better. well done

  • LocoCow

    LocoCow

    Perfection

  • lightsmith

    lightsmith

    absolutely fantastic. i love it.

  • scarletmoon

    scarletmoon

    Amazing

  • Hilton Briscoe

    Hilton Briscoe

    wish I could write this good…

    damn it Gordon you are better thanme at my own speciality…

  • Cassey

    Cassey

    OMG what the hell took me so long to make my way to your writing?

  • Gordon Merrick... replied

    Running with the devil can be dangerous, but only because he rarely stops to let you have a look…

    Thanks, actually one of my personal favorites. Give it to Erato… when that lyre plucks, it sure can sing.

  • JonoCarrick

    JonoCarrick

    Wow! I love Lady Macbeth! She is one of the most complex of Shakespeare’s characters. Brilliant writing.

  • Gordon Merrick... replied

    I agree, and hard as I find it to picture her braiding flowers with those strong, directed fingers, when the rhyme works, don’t fix it…

  • Julialala

    Julialala

    Lovely. You’ve portrayed her so beautifully, which I think in some ways is quite fitting. Great piece of writing!!

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