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When This Temple Shall Lay to Rest by Olatubosun David
Anyway, this poem was great for many reasons. The main reason I really liked this piece was how the author used English words to do his will and not let the words submit to them.
Words have a way of taking away from what the author wants to say but instead follows the stupid rules some idiots in some English department at some fancy university decided that a writer must follow. A true writer makes the rules and writes using any language, any word, anything and all as he/she/it decides to express. This is the success for writing and definitely not some 'set' format beaten into students of writing all around the globe.
Along with his beating the words into submission, the content/feel of the poem was most excellent for this reader.
Good job, Olatubosun.