Don't ask me to give you the meaning of the totality of any Shakespeare play, BUT, in today's rerun Ms Garrett decides to take a English class at the local college with Blair and Joe, and the famous Macbeth act 5 scene 5 line came up, life being, "a flurry of activity signifying nothing". That was one line I understood and found to be profound for it's time even though Shakespeare had way to know how right he was. I wrote the following ODE twist based on that line.
QUOTE WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE MACBETH:"To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Here is my spin on that wonderful and profound line:
Out, Out brief candle, By Brian37 ( Brian James Rational Poet on FB and @brianrrs37 on twitter)
To-deities, and to-gods, and to-God
Creeps in this petty tyrant from day to day
Until the extinction of humanity new ones will be invented
And all of yesterday's Gods have been created by fools
The way to tribal death. Out out brief myth
Claims are but a walking shadow, a poor reflection
That struts our narcissism upon the stage
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by the credulous, full of sound and fury
Signifying nothing.
(END)
Originally posted at the host thread here.......
http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/31771
I originally wrote "yestergods" but since decided to change it to "yesterday's Gods". But it sounded good at the time I wrote it.
QUOTE WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE MACBETH:"To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Here is my spin on that wonderful and profound line:
Out, Out brief candle, By Brian37 ( Brian James Rational Poet on FB and @brianrrs37 on twitter)
To-deities, and to-gods, and to-God
Creeps in this petty tyrant from day to day
Until the extinction of humanity new ones will be invented
And all of yesterday's Gods have been created by fools
The way to tribal death. Out out brief myth
Claims are but a walking shadow, a poor reflection
That struts our narcissism upon the stage
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by the credulous, full of sound and fury
Signifying nothing.
(END)
Originally posted at the host thread here.......
http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/31771
I originally wrote "yestergods" but since decided to change it to "yesterday's Gods". But it sounded good at the time I wrote it.
