Prompt from the website:
Today, I’d like to challenge you to write a poem that argues against, or somehow questions, a proverb or saying.
legacy of the wise
(“A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.” says Francis Bacon)
and the other half? the other half must be knowledge
as we are intellectually tasked, we listen as others
respond to our questions, they - saturated with wisdom
we seek wisdom
then death approaches
our prudent wisdom half cup becomes
the full cup of answers = knowledge
the full cup of wisdom
we have questioned out
time to pour
our wisdom into
the next half-filled cup
joanconor 04/08/2022
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