William Suess

I had to recite a poem for a class, and I was trying to decide between one of Shakespeare's sonnets and one of Dr. Suess' stories. So, I decided to write my own little poem combining the two.

Far beyond the hills of Dooey

Past the dancing lake of Nooey

Beyond the trees of Waka and Chooey

You'll find a small town called Pinkie Wazooey

 

And there lives a Zoodle

Who loves to Doodle

With his trusted french poodle

They call this Zoodle, "Loodle"

 

The two walked to the pier 

On the first of the year

And what did they hear

But the words of Shakespeare

 

(Italics=British accent)

 

A tale of love broken by hate

A life of doubt and dreading fate

A hope for which you'll have to wait

'Tis to such things we can relate

 

And with each tale of wit or woe

We discover things we did not know

Look deep in your heart at your sorrow 

And you'll see each tear begin to glow

 

Come dear friends, we'll sing a tune!

Or have a drink as the clock strikes noon

Strike up the band and maybe soon

We'll hear a tale by the light of the moon

 

Loodle was shocked to find him here

He wasn't even alive that year!

But more than that, it was clear

Loodle would listen, perchance to hear

 

For how often does one get the chance

To meet the author of great romance

Or comedy, or tragic happenstance

And Loodle would get to do more than just glance

 

Loodle watched, feeling weak

Compared to all the great technique

Of this man who was so very unique

Then Shakespeare continued to speak

 

Alas, a fellow comes today

Whom I know has never come this way

Well dear friend, I do hope you'll stay

And hear a tale, and see a play

 

Loodle was completely shocked to see

"Shakespeare, was talking about me?"

He looked around and others did agree

So he smiled, he beamed so pleasantly

 

"Yes I'll stay. Why, I'd love to!"

There are few things in the world he would rather do

"Oh, and when the play is through,

Might I have a chance to talk with you?"

 

 Ah friend, what a glorious thought!

Have a talk, we could, well, we ought!

You can bring along that dog you've got

And we'll have a talk at the end of the plot

 

What play was performed? Romeo and Juliet!

Loodle knew this was something he'd never forget

And the more he'd see, the more excited he'd get

To meet this man, only few had met

 

The last scene ended, the play came to a close

And Loodle was so pleased with the day he chose

To walk to the pier, where he never goes

Then Shakespeare came up, and Loodle froze

 

Ah, dear friend, what did you think?

On the topic of love, did it make you rethink?

Shakespeare laughed, then said with a wink,

I fear you are ill, for your face has turned pink

 

"Oh no, I'm fine" Loodle said, suddenly

"Just in awe of that play, it was lovely to see

But thank you for asking, you've been so kind to me

Perhaps we could talk about it, over tea?"

 

Ah, sir, what another great plan

I'd like to know your name though, assuming I can

Although, I should have asked you before we began

For I do not wish to just call you 'man'

 

Loodle laughed a little at that, then said

"I'm Loodle, the one who's got hair that is red

Groodle's the one with orange hair on his head

And the one with the purple, that's my uncle Zed

 

You don't see others like me, I know

They aren't really here, they're back at Stallow

But we've been introduced that way since my great grandpa Joe

It's weird, but quite fun if you make it a show."

 

Well then Loodle, why don't we have a talk?

Why don't we go for a walk?

We can walk past the pier to see the seahawk

There's this place that I sit, on this lovely green rock

 

So that's what they did, and they talked for hours

They touched the ocean, they smelled the flowers

They climbed to the top of the two tall towers 

And they dreamt of a world better than ours

 

Now Loodle the Zoodle walks with Shakespeare

All up and down, all around the pier

On the first of each and every year

And they recall the story I just told here.

Author's Note

There are a lot of made up words and cheesy rhymes, but that's because it was meant to be in the style of Dr. Suess. Hope you enjoy this silly story.