GREENSLEEVES

Greensleeves Fantasy

A Silly Sonnet
By Izzy Sommers


On Saturday, the symphony appeared
To be completed when the orchestra
Began to play again. The strains of Ralph
Vaughan Williams’ Greensleeves filled the
Air and there upon the stage was Henry VIII,
The King of England, thought to be composer
Of this melody. Enthralled, the audience
Was in a trance when Henry did a dance.
And then, the virgin Queen Elizabeth
Appeared, reciting William Shakespeare’s
Romeo and Juliette, while Henry did
A silly pirouette. The crowd was thrilled.
This silly sonneteer’s not being fair.
No king nor queen nor I was really there.


THE END