Posts Tagged ‘Shakespeare’

I joined Poet in the City as a volunteer I think last September because I liked what they were about, and wanted to get more involved in the poetry scene. Then in December I agreed to manage an event for them – Spenser’s The Faerie Queene, which is finally taking place next Monday 7th March (and for which I am trying not to be nervous about). And also help with social media side by tweeting regularly.

This week has been pretty crazy in preparation for it, mostly dissecting the many emails I’m getting from various people and responding to them in the best way possible. Along which I had to also write a blog post for the event, which I’ve done and was published earlier today as Does Spenser’s Faerie Queene speak to today? at Poet in the City’s blog. (more…)

I love this poem by Shakespeare, especially the first four lines. It reminds me that life is a drama one after the other. That people will come and go, cause you happiness and sorrow.

That things will happen in your life that will make you laugh til your stomach hurts, that will make you cry and want to drown in your tears, that will make it seem like you’reliving in your dreams or make you kneel with the burden of struggling to survive a nightmare.

You just have to keep faith in yourself and know it’s just a stage in the play that is life… and no stage lasts forever. The curtains will draw on this part and open to a new chapter.

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