Lines Composed in the Muse's Absence

When the muse is gone, the poet laments the lack of inspiration and the dearth of rhymes...

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Poets without new rhymes

     are poets without a Muse;

poets whose lines don't flow

     are poets we cannot use.

Like artists who don't paint,

     or minstrels who don't sing;

the world has no time or place

     for poets so fruitless in the spring.

If rhymes were more plentiful,

     and lines were more flourishing,

the earth at this time of year 

     would thrive; and be more nourishing.

By Ngoc Nguyen

From: United States