Chaucer's eloquent lament

Er, well. I didn't say anything about Heath Ledger's death at the time, but his talent and potential was incredible and it sucks that he's gone. But Chaucer Hath a Blog has posted a beautifully written poem, and I want to link it.

Middle English* ahead.
Lament for Sir William

*Probably pseudo-Middle English, but I don't have tons of experience with ME and this strikes me as authentic enough while being pretty readable by the general modern blogger.

[Edit: Duhur. It occurs to me that some of you may never have seen A Knight's Tale, in which Heath Ledger played Sir William, a.k.a. Sir Ulrich von Liechtenstein, and Paul Bettany played Chaucer - charismatically, and quite arguably from not even too fangirly a perspective in love with William. The slashiness is beside the point, but that's why this is a lament for Sir William.]

Letter Meme

caitirin gave me A for a letter :)

10 Things I Like That Begin With "A"

A is for anime, art form I love,
  full of angst and improbable hair.
A is for Akio, that "kind of bad" man,
  who lives in a phallic-shaped lair.
A is for Amber, the one place that's real,
  where all of the siblings connive.
A is for Axel, a bad-ass redhead
  who loves Roxas (I hope he survives).
A is for angst, which I love to read,
  and also to watch and to write.
A is for Adriel, a character of mine
  who has dreams of Mirai at night.
A is for Annabel Lee, the dead girl
  who Poe wrote lay cold by the sea.
A is for aventurine, grass-colored stone,
  that could help inspiration flow free.
A is for Angela Aki,
  Who did a cover of "All Eyes on Me".
And A is for asparagus,
  to which caitirin just says "Yucky!" XD