Shakespeare & Me & Aerosmith (Week 26)

Twelfth Night

Willy `•.

“If this were played upon a stage now,
I could condemn it as an improbable fiction.”

Aerosmith ▪︎`.

“And now that I’m alone
all I have is emptiness
that comes from being free
What could have been love
will never be”

Me `’.,°~

Guys…
I know that emptiness…
its echo…
don’t build a house here…
the story ain’t done…

Joel 2:25
“And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten”

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Shakespeare & Me & Radiohead (Week 26)

from The Merchant of Venice

Willy `•.

“O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!”

Radiohead ¡!¡

“She looks like the real thing…
She tastes like the real thing…
My fake plastic love”

Me `’.,°~

…empty is fake—
lightweight…
I lived it—
paid… to wait.

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suᴉʍ sʎɐʍlɐ ʎʇᴉʌɐɹɓ ʇn𐐒

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Shakespeare & Me & The Allman Brothers (Week 25)

Henry V 🎭

Willy `•.

“Every subject’s duty is the king’s
but every subject’s soul is his own.”

The Allman Brothers ♭:-

“You got to let your soul shine—
shine till the break of day.”

Me `’.,°~

No crown I need…
nor strong drink…
lovelight within—
my soul won’t sink.

The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord… — Proverbs 20:27  t…

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Shakespeare & Me & Bob Dylan (Week 24)

Antony and Cleopatra

Willy `•.

“There is a world elsewhere.”

Bob ..^..

“Seen a shootin’ star tonight—
thought of you

You’re tryin’ to break into another world
The world I never knew”

Me `’.,°~

Spinnin’—
  the world… I knew it—
  just late to it

Jeremiah 8:20

“The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.”

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War — A Poem (From Bethlehem)

A video poem by Paul Calvert…

Hey yall…

This is from my friend Paul—
a Christian radio journalist…
Middle East commentator…
and a really good poet—
living in Bethlehem, Israel.

Lived stuff…

He’s also got books available on Amazon.

Check him out… I love his poems

It’s a video poem 👇 of him speaking it

https://rumble.com/v788nxi-war-a-poem.html

Also here’s a link to Paul’s books on Amazon 👇

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✦ Shakespeare & Me & Zach Bryan (Week 23)

The Winter’s Tale

Willy `•.

“There is a fire in mine ears.”

Zach Bryan :::

“So let me go down the line…
Let me feel it all…
Joy, Pain, and Sky.”

Me `’.,°~

Mine.
Hers.
PyroHearts.

Jeremiah 20:9 (NIV)
“But if I say, ‘I will not mention His Word
or speak anymore in His name,’
His Word is in my heart like a fire,
a fire shut up in my bones

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Shakespeare & Me & Sixx:A.M. (Week 22)

As You Like It

Willy `•.

“Sweet are the uses of adversity.”

Sixx:A.M. ♬…

“There’s nothing like a trail of blood to find your way back home…”

Me `’.,°~

Pain—
is the map.

“It is good for me that I have been afflicted…
that I might learn thy statutes.”
— Psalm 119:71

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Shakespeare & Me & Ben Howard (Week 21)

Love’s Labour’s Lost

Willy `•.

“A light condition in a beauty dark.”

Me `’.,°~

…that light in a shit storm…

Ben Howard !i¡-

“Keep your head up, keep your heart strong.”

Isaiah 45:3
“I will give thee the treasures of darkness…
and hidden riches of secret places…”

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All rights reserved.

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When Life Gets Thick…

You’re going on a cross-country trip. Airplane, train, bus, car, or bike?

When life gets thick…
grab a pogostick…

If your road feels stifled—

try a unicycle…

🤷‍♂️

(Λſʞ) ㄣ–ᄅ:Ɩ sǝɯɐſ

˙ƃuᴉɥʇou ƃuᴉʇuɐʍ ‘ǝɹᴉʇuǝ puɐ ʇɔǝɟɹǝd ǝq ʎɐɯ noʎ ʇɐɥʇ ‘ʞɹoʍ ʇɔǝɟɹǝd ɹǝɥ ǝʌɐɥ ǝɔuǝᴉʇɐd ʇǝ˥ ʇnq 
˙ǝɔuǝᴉʇɐd ɥʇǝʞɹoʍ ɥʇᴉɐɟ ɹnoʎ ɟo ƃuᴉʎɹʇ ǝɥʇ ʇɐɥʇ ‘sᴉɥʇ ƃuᴉʍouʞ 
˙suoᴉʇɐʇdɯǝʇ sɹǝʌᴉp oʇuᴉ llɐɟ ǝʎ uǝɥʍ ʎoɾ llɐ ʇᴉ ʇunoɔ ‘uǝɹɥʇǝɹq ʎW

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Shakespeare & Me & Hootie (Week 20)

Troilus and Cressida

Willy `•.

“Time hath, my lord, a wallet at his back…
Wherein he puts alms for oblivion…”

Hootie ♭ ♮ ♯

“Time… why you punish me?”

Me `’.,°~

Tears run deep…
in dueling smile lines…

James 4:14 – “For what is your life?
It is even a vapor… that appeareth for a little time… and then vanisheth away.”

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