I'd like to write a romantic comedy <br />in four acts like Will Shakespeare did <br />Tragedy's not for me, you can see <br />by the bells and cap I wear <br />Clad like a court jester I can <br />dance and caper <br />with love as my chief motive <br /> <br />I adore outdoor action <br />the forest of Arden <br />populated by the likes <br />of Rosalind and Celia <br />Phebe and Audrey <br />daughters and country wenches <br /> <br />I could idealize a heroine <br />who usually masks herself <br />as a man, a swain, one <br />who deceives and is <br />deceived in turn <br /> <br />I would subject love to great <br />difficulty before consummation <br />in the darkest forests of night <br />'Amor vincit omnia! ' <br /> <br />I would not render poetic justice <br />any oaf of a writer does that <br />My outcomes would be logical <br />& necessary - <br />how the characters act based <br />on their principles <br /> <br />I would balance characters <br />good guys over here <br />villains over there <br />reconciliation would be easy <br />in my romantic comedies <br /> <br />All's well that ends well <br />would be the keynote <br />struck in all its glory <br />by spooning lovers <br />Never mind love's labor <br />lost in a midsummer night's <br />dream even though all in all <br />it may be much ado about <br />nothing <br />but that's as I like it!<br /><br />Michael Pruchnicki<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-romantic-comedy/
