There’s no greater teacher

than life

Samuel Johnson once said,

“I suffered from impaired eyesight,

depression and poverty

and left Oxford

without a degree.”

His lessons inspired the likes

of Alexander Pope and TS Eliot

for he scribed chapters inspired

from the theme of fate

the same Shakespeare who is studied in umpteen universities; never went to any university himself

was it a miracle or a glimpse

of destiny’s pedagogy

for the greatest dramatic

ever to write.

                                  

~Ali Ashhar