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# Ham Not
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/ham-not/
- Published: 2026-01-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-01-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: For all the versions of the Bard: The stolen, lost, or merely borrowed. Those that are clearly a canard, creative choices having narrowed.
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

For all the versions of the Bard:  
The stolen, lost, or merely borrowed.  
Those that are clearly a canard,  
creative choices having narrowed.

Those that are plays within a play,  
performed by one, no merry players.  
Those who intend to have their say  
while disregarding the naysayers.

Those whose reviews are in the red --  
the worst examples are on Reddit.  
Those that are never ever read  
by those who never ever edit...

The news flies out, as if by stork --  
occasion is indeed historic.  
The scene: A stage. West End. New York.  
Skull isn't fake. Alas, poor Yorik.

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**Author notes:** image generated by author prompt to Gemini