Libertarian Shakespeare

Plutarchic Shakespeare No. 7 Plutarch, of liberal instance, coming forth In prose, historically reconciled With fate, persuaded Shakespeare that more worth Brief freedom has alive and undefiled Than longevous disgrace enslaved. One must Consider in accord with courage what To do, by daily judgment deeming just Those deeds that quicken liberty. So thought The poet [...]

Couplets on John Paulson

In 2010 John Paulson surpassed his personal winnings of 2007, which were 4 billion dollars. Last year Mr. Paulson made 5 billion, one fifth of which came from 20 percent commissions, an amount charged by all hedge funds. He profited from gold, banks and oil. 1 The soundest market of probation flows With Paulson’s capital [...]

Learning on Stage

This is the first sonnet from Volume Two of Shakespeare Undiminished, which in all three volumes amounts to 900 sonnets. They will soon be offered on Amazon. He waxed in practice for the work of plays, Learning on stage the lore of mastery. His playhouse offices, which won him praise, Inured him to sonorous language, [...]

Jay Gould, The Speculative Ghoul

Gould tried to corner the gold market and panicked almost all the shorts when he brought the price to (1)55. Fit to confederate a covetous plot, Jay Gould, the speculative ghoul, appalls Like adversarial Pan the market, not From panic unreality the halls Of commerce sparing. Gould, the ghostliest scare Begetting, frighted subjectivity Has piqued [...]

Sonnet on Jay Gould

Pit Gould in war against a Genghis Khan, And fiercer genius will be seen in him. Raptorial comprehension in this man Has made his name the glaring synonym Of sharp success. Jay profitmoody Gould, Comparing machinations, prosecutes The fitter plot. Like Machiavelli, schooled In circumspection, he discovers routes That none has seen. Cognition in his [...]