John McCluskey


From Shakespeare’s Garden:
Rose and Peony, and the Passage of Time.

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"But thou art fair, and at thy birth, dear boy, Nature and Fortune join'd to make thee great...."
— King John

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"Time doth transfix the flourish set on youth...."
— Sonnet 60

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"And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe...."
— As You Like It

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"This is very midsummer madness."
— Twelfth Night

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"Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets
his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more."
— Macbeth

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"... I'll hang my head and perish."
— Henry VIII

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"Nothing will come of nothing."
— King Lear

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"O, call back yesterday, bid time return."
— Richard II

John McCluskey has had poetry, fiction, non-fiction and visual art published extensively worldwide. John has worked in the IT industry and has a Masters in Writing (MAW) from Manhattanville College in New York. He lives in Connecticut with his wife.

He writes: "This photo essay depicts the relationship between great literature and nature, in this case: Shakespeare and spring/summer. The photos above each illustrate two flowers from known Shakespeare works reflecting eight stages of life (birth, youth, singular independence, full social adulthood, shadows of decline, sorrow, death, and rebirth) accompanied by appropriate quotes from Shakespeare’s work."

 
 

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