Artists All

Artists All

Painting with oils,
watercolors brushed across canvas,
clay molded by loving hands,
marble chiseled to exquisite form

Artists ply their trade,
by the golden light of day
and velvet depths of night,
with passion and verve.

One more artist joins the rank.
The writer brushes words over paper,
molds a story bit by glittering bit,
chisels a novel to survive the ages.

The writer gathers life’s stories
from country roads to city streets,
written from the depths of a heart
bursting with intensity and rapture.

Artists all, masters of creation,
be they painters, sculptors or writers,
leaving footprints on canvas, marble and paper--
heartfelt tributes embraced by mankind.

Note: This poem received third place in the Kansas Authors Theme Division of the state contest in 2007. The theme was "Pen Life As Art"

Story ID:	4171
Written by:	Nancy J. Kopp (bio, contact, other stories)
Story type:	Poem
Location:	Anytown All States USA
Year:	2007
Person:	Creative Souls