The Poet's Wisdom

The Poet’s Wisdom

…in honor to The Bard…

"To be or not to be,"
that may have been the question
in an earlier time and place
and yet, it still remains persuasive.
"To sleep, perchance to dream,"
and in the dreaming see
a place wherein
the soul can find peaceful residence
"This above all — to thine ownself be true;"

And in your speaking, writing
hold yourself to a higher measure;
"words without thoughts never to heaven go."
But always remember,
"There's a Divinity that shapes our ends,
rough-hew them how we will."
So look upon your life and marvel
if by Divine intervention
there has been goodness found
despite the human flow
towards things vile and deadly.

“There are more things in heaven and earth, [my friend,]
than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”

Copyright ©  April 23, 2011 by Karen M. Crump

**Quotes from Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”