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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 4 – Masters)
Topic: Gossip Mill (05/08/14)
At The Church Picnic

At the church picnic
Words flow.
With swift transition,
Facts bend
From tongues
That twist
Truth into falsehood.
Words grow
In dirt
Like weeds
That bear
No fruit.
Honesty yields,
Overcome by
Whispers that convert
Wrong to right.
With swift transition,
Words deceive
By distortion
Mired in speculation,
Without hesitation.
Words fall
On ears
Without barriers,
And pass
Through tunnels
With swift transition
Into cesspools
Swirling with
The dross
That drips
From loose lips.
Words open
Secret records
To reveal
The past,
That’s sold
With swift transition
In open markets
To gullible hunters
Who recycle
Their wares.
Words turn
On evil intent
Like merry-go-rounds,
Round and round
Never stops,
Eagerly consumed.
Words gush
Like polluted rivers
Into corrupt minds.
With swift transition,
Turns innocent
To guilty.
Words make
Malicious grist
To grind
In mills
Of sensationalism
That maximize
With swift transition
The insignificant.
Words sting
Like venom
From a snake
Who hides behind
A cloak of righteousness.

Do not speak evil of one another, brethren (James 4:11 NKJ).

He who speaks truth, declares righteousness (Prov. 12:17 NKJ).
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Tracy Nunes 
05/17/14
This is powerful. It's like when someone you respect only has to say a few words to get the point across because the words they use carry so much weight. Beautiful entry.
Ellen Carr 
05/17/14
Very well written and, unfortunately, true. Great use of words. My only tiny red ink suggestion is to divide it into stanzas. I think that makes it a little easier to read. However, you've done a great job with this!
Joe Moreland
05/18/14
I found this very profound. From the actual words used, to the style it was written in, this entire piece embodies the wreckage gossip inflicts in the lives of others. The unbroken, continuous, style that you present here, to me, mimics the way gossip works - a constant flow of damaging talk that never lets up. Unrelenting and, often, little by little destroying the lives of others.

Great job!
C D Swanson 
05/20/14
Loved the words, message and style you chose for this entry.

Well done!

God bless~
C D Swanson 
05/22/14
Congrats! God bless~
Tracy Nunes 
05/22/14
Congratulations Lillian! I knew this would do well. I just read it again and it struck me anew with it's truth and poignancy. Just beautiful!
Margaret Kearley
05/22/14
Wow Lillian, this is absolutely excellent. Such powerful descriptions that cut really deep. Many amazing lines like 'Words fall On ears Without barriers,' Great writing. Many congrats on well deserved EC.
Pauline Carruthers
05/22/14
Congratulations. I really loved the flow of this poem. Beautiful wording.Hard hitting and inspirational at the same time.
Wilma Schlegel
05/23/14
Oh, man!!! I loved this! Congratulations Lillian.
Leola Ogle
05/28/14
Awesome job, Lillian. Congratulations and God bless!
Bea Edwards 
05/28/14
Oh there were so many fabulous nuggets of gold in this prose.

The first one that struck me as profound was 'On ears
Without barriers.'

It seems as if there is an insatiable thirst for erroneous sensationalism.

Wonderful piece of work!