Well, today is as everyone should know International Women's Day and what better way to celebrate and commemorate this important international event than to look at Shakespeare's representation of women in his plays. For example the identity of "The Dark Lady" in his Sonnets sequence? For a number of centuries Shakespearean academics have pondered over the identity of two people who strongly influ...

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I’m not supposed to find this attractive.

It’s taboo.

We’re told only smooth will do,

pink and tight elastic

tied to remedies, sold over counters of despair.

You have to care about the bounce,

virtue by the fluid ounce.

We’re absolutely not allowed

to love the mirror’s twin.

Tucks, lifts, elevations

not this naked admiration; shameless.

I don’t know w...

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(International Women's Day!)

Women are fantastic 

Although, sometimes,  erratic

They have eyes in the back of their heads

As well as at the front

That can shoot little daggers

When you're being a total …naughty boy

They can do 3 things at once

And not break a sweat

And instinctively know

When you've placed a winning bet!

They smell money as if  it's ...

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