Shall I compare thee to a summer day? Solstice poetry by Shakespeare

Dear Lovestar,

Happy Solstice!

I didn’t write a summer poem yet, so I decided to let Shakespeare do the speaking today.

Read and enjoy one of the most popular and beloved poems ever by the most famous English poet.

Shakespeare sonnet 18

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer’s lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimmed;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature’s changing course untrimmed;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
Nor shall Death brag thou wanderest in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou growest:
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

The poem in simple, modern language

Can I compare you to a summer’s day?
You’re more lovely and calm in every way:
Harsh winds may shake the buds in May’s delight,
And summer’s lease is brief, too short a stay.
Sometimes the sun burns too hot in the sky,
Its golden face obscured by passing clouds;
And everything that’s fair will fade in time,
By chance or nature’s ever-changing shroud.
But your eternal beauty will not wane,
Nor lose the beauty that you possess now;
Nor will Death boast you wander in his shade,
For in these lines you’ll live, eternal vow:
As long as people breathe and see with eyes,
So long as this endures, you never die.

Did you love it? ❤️

I guess if this poem was dedicated to me, I’d reply:

“A summer day in Arizona (desert where I live)? Or a summer day in Michigan (where it snows and my mom lives) 😆 🤣 😂

Joke aside,

I’ll continue working with this poem to celebrate the solstice

Eve