Wednesday, April 23, is National English Muffin Day. Woo-hoot! As luck would have it, it’s also National Talk Like Shakespeare Day. (You know where we’re going with this.) We wanted to honor both, so after several late-night strategy sessions, pouring over the nuances of Shakespearean tragic heroes and how they pertain to muffin characteristics, we wrote this sonnet for an English muffin. We hope thou dost enjoy.
Sonnet for an English Muffin
Hark, gentle muse, a breakfast tale I weave:
Of craggy rounds, with nooks and crannies fair.
The English muffin, oft in twain I cleave,
Its butter doth my morning burdens bear.
No queen, nor king, with fine bejeweled crown,
Can match the wonder of this stately toast.
A smile appears, where once I wore a frown.
“Long live this muffin!” is the cry I boast.
With honey sweet, or jam of summer’s fruit,
Or sav’ry egg, and bacon crisp and fine,
It doth a humble, wholesome bliss impute,
A bready breakfast, sent by the divine.
So let us praise this muffin, full of grace,
And smile upon its toasted, dimpled face.
😊
Ken Davis is the Co-op’s Head Writer, and a big fan of both English muffins and William Shakespeare.
