"Literary Showdown"

"Literary Showdown"

We are two labels on the shelf We are two labels on the shelf

Drawing in our audience Drawing in our audience

I’m for the erudite

The go-getters

The delvers

For those that read for the sake of reading

But still

I bring enjoyment I bring enjoyment

To bustling young minds

Those that crave a taste of what’s beyond

The life they know

Those that dream of dragons

And magic and man-bears and mars

I shine a light, a sun

I brighten rainy days To brighten rainy days

As I give my disciples something to ponder

Something to wrap their minds around

And wonder why? How?

I contain the greatest works known to mankind

The castles The castles

The wizards, the aliens I conjure

Aren’t meant to bore or scare

They are meant to enthrall

To entice

To draw in the young mind

And then reveal a world full of action

and optimism, take them to an idyllic place,

The palaces of shimmering glass A palace of shimmering glass

Constructed by author-architects

From the simplest building material:

Words

My writers spin delicate webs

No strand out of place

And not one thread too many

Each building on the last

Layering on silky meaning

Until at last the creation is complete

And a new world emerges And a new world emerges

A world without pain, suffering, and drama

A world with a lesson to teach A world with a lesson to teach

A greater truth

A take away,

But one that would fall flat But one that would fall flat

Without the support of its story Without the support of its story