Wordsworth

The challenge this week was to submit a verse beginning with the opening to Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18: Shall I compare thee to a …

Cushla Macky of Takapuna writes:

Shall I compare this to a Masterchef dish?/ Gastronomic delight, no doubt a winner./ But I must confess I have a wish/For a homestyle meat-and-three-veg dinner.

Helensville’s Anne Martin: Shall I compare thee to an apricot?/Golden, sunkissed, luscious-fleshed,/But with a heart of stone.

Sybil Gregson of Kilbirnie: Shall I compare thee to a spring election?/So fickle, though its promises beguile?/I won’t admit how I fear rejection/From someone who seduces with a smile.

Dunedin’s Alan Beck: Shall I compare thee to/A worldly person,/Not at all Amish?/ Shall I call thee/A cab?

Wendy Wethey of Christchurch: Shall I compare thee to a magic wand/ To lift Labour up from its deep despond?/But beware the outcome, Ja-Cinderella,/For Winston’s no prince, but a canny fella.

Picton’s Nozz Fletcher: Shall I compare thee to a forest fire?/A nuclear meltdown, a runaway train?/A Texan twister, a misfiring missile?/Oh, Donald, you’ve tweeted again.

Margaret More of Auckland is this week’s winner: Shall I compare thee to a Tossman crossword?/ Thou art more cryptic and obtuse./ Though the Tasman divide cannot be bridged,/We might lay down our arms and make a ____ (5)

For the next contest, choose any word beginning with K or W and send in an alternative definition.

For example, Wedlock: a wrestling manoeuvre employed on a partner to prevent their escape. Entries, for the prize below, close at noon, Thursday, September 21.