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TITLE: Judgment Day | Previous Challenge Entry
By LINDA GERMAIN
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Each a tiny piece of the writer’s soul
Offered up for inspection and a verdict
Gauged against what has passed before
Some are natural artists born to bask in the gift
Availed to those who reach the deepest parts
With expressive pens dipped in wells of creativity
That take our breath away
Like canvas to a Master painter, the screen or paper waits in
Quiet submission, ready to provide a resting place for words
Woven in rich colors until the tapestry speaks in whispers or in
Screams – but always speaks
That bar of excellence to which true scriveners strive
To clothe every phrase in perfection is polished to a shine so
Grand the world will gasp in stunned admiration at
Beauty Wrought to give conscious voice to the point
My eyes have lain on other works that wrench my heart with the
Trying of the thing –the sheer determination wrapped in purple
Prose’s robe and flung into outer space expecting to be
Awarded judicious ruling as a winner, when the crack is in the lack
With barely nod to basic composition’s rules, boundaries ignored,
The dashed-off string of phrases seem to beg for punctuation aid
Stamped with assault to any self-respecting document, the draft
Is cold from un-proofed holes and dies, too anemic to stand alone
Many pay the dues and learn the cues and forge on until the
Story’s done, content to reach a few and see a name in print
Then wander off to other muses calling with the lure of doing
Different things more fun or stretching to the mind
Some will strain and sweat, tapping wisdom from the Master
Proven, knowing, God help us all, there is no cure for addiction
To the drawing from the endless palette, scenes to touch the
Senses and the heart, bold or tender, but with a message
From the reader’s point of view when seated with a gavel,
The only public record seen is what the author brings before
Judicious members, and how prepared he is to state his case,
Upper and lower, in the best way he knows how
The worth in written words lies in intention and the art, but also
In the soul from whence they flow, the effort risked for
Validation of our thoughts, the hope of reaching others with a
Truth implied or blatant, and to the sentence fully served
In this, our great endeavor, writers bound to make the grade,
We keep on plugging at the craft aiming for the fourth estate, or higher
Viewed eccentric, or even odd, by those who are not helpless to
The summons -- we carry on, always having one more writ to reveal
The ones whose only choice is writing must give Response to that
Ability and answer skill’s ideal, composed to show just cause until
We’re each called into His Highest Honor’s Chambers by a
Trumpet blast to signal, “Court’s adjourned…ALL RISE”.
There is dénouement and an end. Word seeds grow and flourish
Giving comfort or advice, sharing witness to the things we learned
And finally, in the last hurrah, after judgment of our works, we
Wait to hear, “Well done,” and know the best is yet to come.
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