Sense Sonnet - Pumper

Regard the Bard

On April 23rd, tiz said
William Shakespeare was born and died.
Prose and poetry from his head
Was penned and performed far and wide.
His words outlive his flesh and bone
As only human ways can do,
To be beyond life and death known,
Beyond the man that neighbors knew.
The world of Shakespeare as the man
Was relatively short and small.
His words reached out in global span
To touch in time and space for all.

Could Shakespeare have predicted that
He'd round the world that was not flat?