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( votes)English and the Englishman
written by: Anne G
@TheInkTruth
"not of an age, but for all time"
- Ben Jonson
English-the-man
forever enshrined
Shakespeare - the 'Bard'
vernacular scribed
William - the English
playwright sublime
Stratford-upon-Avon's
words for all time
Legendary playwright
tamer of shrews
Defining the language
through midsummer's night
Perfecting the Angles'
lingua of birth
Medieval beginning
Germanic the root
Committed to memory
in phrases and quotes
By wordsmiths and readers
of parlance beloved
"not of an age,
but for all time".
Anne G
JUNE 2016 AUTHOR OF THE MONTH at Spillwords.com
Why write?
I write because I am:
Driven to distraction by the inequities of the society in which we live.
Motivated by cruelty, abuse, ignorance and indifference.
My intention: To poke, prod and provoke!
"Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess." - Oscar Wilde
I write because I am:
Driven to distraction by the inequities of the society in which we live.
Motivated by cruelty, abuse, ignorance and indifference.
My intention: To poke, prod and provoke!
"Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess." - Oscar Wilde
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