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Cherished ...
Is the word I use to describe
The works of poetry that I add to my preferred list
That list is quite limited ...
I suppose you could say I'm picky
But those poems are the whole package
NOT with respect to having all the elements
That I look for in good poetry
But rather how those pieces represent the ones who wrote them
If looking for perfection, the list might not exist
But I save the poems that speak to me of the author
How that particular poet sees this process
How they view life and love and the Universe in general
How they wield the various tools of language
To sculpt what THEY feel is poetry
But most of all ...
My preferred list is rife with enjoyment
The works that just plain MOVE me in some way
Light or dark, up or down, left or right, bad or good, happy or sad
If my heart thrums faster or my spirit is affected more intensely
If I'm left with the motivation and yearning for more
Then it gets added to the list ...
Poetry is a piece of the person who wrote it
And a gift to those who it reaches
The pleasure I find in unwrapping that gift
Is the worth I attach to it
So if it makes that special list
It's a gift I wish to open again-and-again
With the joy of a giggling child
On Christmas morning.
~ 1st Place ~ in the "Fave" Poetry Contest, Line Gauthier, Judge & Sponsor.
Copyright © Gregory Richard Barden | Year Posted 2019
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