Had Shakespeare known the internet

Had the internet been around in Shakespeare's Day

Would the bard have taken to it?

Would it have been an improbable fiction,

Might he have scanned the browsers 

And searched with bated breath;

Until he found a hit, a very palpable hit.

And away quickly to write it down

On parchment page with quill.

Or, do you think he'd struggle somewhat?

Feeling a blinking idiot!

Unable to master or see the point

Of social networking skills -

Maybe he'd message comically

And laugh oneself into stitches.

Which makes a change from LOL 

Expletives being replaced with WTD

What the dickens! Perhaps?

Oh! would he see it as chaos is come again

Or there's method in the madness?

Would he blog his poetry

And tweet to let us know

When latest play being performed

Or include it as his status.

Might he set up a website for all to see

Oh! What would you do Will Shakespeare

Had the internet been with thee?

Enough of my musings now -

It's not the be-all and end-all.

Can't replace the wondrous thrill of books,

Or meeting people face to face.

But I'd like to think the bard succeeded

And 'IT' held an honoured place.