NaPoWriMo PROMPT--Write a poem that deals with the poems, poets, and other people who inspired you to write poems.
Two Summer Days
William Shakespeare and Mary Oliver:
Both skilled writers,
Both observers.
They knew nature’s changing course.
Each spent time watching
The grasses in the wind,
Clouds across the sun.
Both saw the shifting of seasons,
The passage of time
And the fickleness of life and love.
But doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?
Still, death can’t brag over Mary and William.
Their words live on.
What can I learn
From two poets
Born centuries apart
Whose words live
Beyond their life?
If you want love to last
And beauty
And hope
And joy--
Write it down.
Share it.
Art is long. Life is short.
Yes!
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