Act 5, Scene 1: Enter Two Gravediggers Carrying Spade and Pickaxe

[The Rider]

We sat as strangers:
Our three heads bowed
Over three books, bent
Forward 'til our noses brushed the pages
Of the Bard's best before us.

Alas poor Yorick.

Having adopted names for a few hours,
We had unknowingly adopted lives for an age;
For while I knew not he, nor he me,
Rosencrantz still knew his Guildenstern,
And Polonius his Laertes,
And Horatio his Hamlet,
And for a short while we weren't just players,
But brothers -
Brothers on the world's stage
United in verse.

[Bar22do]

your poem "waves to me" as did my neighbour from his window! a sense of fraternity, be it momentary, always reminds us our common language in which only true communication can take place..

[PrinceMyshkin]

This is a little marvel, one that reminds me how poetry can be a form of play, not in the theatrical sense but in the sense that children play, in this case, the imagination set free. Great stuff!

[hillwalker]

I too found this entertaining. A playful hommage to the man and his art and how it still colours all our lives.

[Hawkman]

I like this too, it says what it needs to with style and brevity and pronounces only truth. Really good poem, Thanks

[Virgil]

We sat as strangers:
Our three heads bowed
Over three books, bent
Forward 'til our noses brushed the pages
Of the Bard's best before us.

Alas poor Yorick.

Having adopted names for a few hours,
We had unknowingly adopted lives for an age;
For while I knew not he, nor he me,
Rosencrantz still knew his Guildenstern,
And Polonius his Laertes,
And Horatio his Hamlet,
And for a short while we weren't just players,
But brothers -
Brothers on the world's stage
United in verse.

Wow what a fabulous poem. This is top notch Rider. Love the title and especially that first stanza. The last stanza seems to lack a little something. Not sure what. But overall a wonderful poem.

[The Rider]

Wow, thank you all very much for the fantastic response!

Virgil: I agree, there is something about the last stanza that seems not quite right. Perhaps it is a bit wordy in places? I'm not sure. I'll play with it a bit and see what happens. Thanks for pointing it out.

Rider

[MorpheusSandman]

Wow, I really love this and can't help but echo all of the praise above me. Very nice.