Second Place: Poetry
It Takes A Child To Make An Artist Grace McDowell, Boonville
It takes a child to make an artist They express what they see They use what they have They make the best of what it could be An Adult sees a stick A child sees a wand, a staff, a rod An Adult sees a closet A child sees a portal to another dimension It takes child to make an artist An Adult sees a piece of scrap paper A child sees a canvas, a story to be created, a world to create An Adult sees a pen and paper A child sees an escape It takes a child to make an artist They express what they see They use what they have They make the best of what it could be
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