Maya Angelou

How can she live up to her words? Day 20 (Form: Clerihew)

Maya Angelou


Shaper of words; the sun has set on Maya Angelou.
She unwillingly left this world, to our regret, but her journey's not through.
Now she runs before the challenge offered in her platitude:
"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude."

Prompt for: June 20, 2014
Theme: Sunset
Words to use: Run, Shape
Words to avoid: (None)
Additional Parameters: Write one or more Clerihew.
Form: The Clerihew   is a comic verse consisting of two couplets and a specific rhyming scheme, aabb. In most cases, the first line names a person, and the second line ends with something that rhymes with the name of the person. The line length and meter are irregular.