! L O N E L Y Poem by Michael Shepherd

Raynette, Adam wrote a poem about it: 'It's nice being one, but two's more fun'..

Good job too, Shakey. Otherwise we'd have been stuck with: 'I wandered about a bit on me todd, as a cloud...................

'I'm one guarded by two ll's' Little whimsical gems like this always make me smile. Thanks Michael and Willy too. love Allie xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

An amazing write. Danny's comment exceeds anything I could say. It's interesting that Shakespeare has the richest vocabulary in the English language - the King James Bible has the sparsest. 'Tomorrow' doesn't appear in that Bible. But it does mention 'a time for every purpose under the heaven.' I still can't figure out the difference between 'lonely' and 'lonesome.' I'm the latter, not the first, or vice-versa. I wear crewel garters.

Michael, it's nice to be one and two at the same time! Thanks for the poem. Best wishes, Martin

A thought provoking write... I never really looked at 'lonely' in that light. Thanks for sharing... now I'll think of you whenever I read the word!

Amazing poem. I am delighted to read it.

Very interesting write. Words with similar meanings sometimes seem to have quite unique 'feelings' that attach themselves in our minds. Alone, lone, lonely, all just a bit different to my mind. Sole, Solitary, Solitude again with these the emotional reaction differs. I really enjoyed this piece thanks Michael.

'One guarded by two ells' - how can anyone ever feel lonely when they think about it like this? I love how the Bard has inspired this wonderful musing from you Michael. it's going into my faves.Thankyou. Justine.

charming, and you got 12 comments for it, too! I too loved the observation, 'a 'one' guarded by two ells'...how'd I never think of that? A little cummings-esque, though his commentary would likely have more compression and less accessibility (I'm not saying one is preferable to the other) . How DID Shakespeare invent 35,000 words? How do you inject a word into the language like a transfusion? I could say 'brabble' and define it as, say, 'chatter about words' (based on 'scrabble' and 'banter'?) . But I wouldn't know how to get the world to take it on. I guess it may help to be a playwright, and use roots of known words.