A Judgment on the Field

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)



A love that is not expressed; Is not a love at all
And if there’s no one playing; There is no game in fall

The teams can gather on the field, to reap what they have sown
But once the wheat is in the barn; Away the chaff is blown

A howling wind comes from the north to gather all the nations
There’s terror now on every side, God’s wrath is their libation

A thousand years has come and gone. And now they’re raised again
They stand before the Great White Throne. To face One not their friend
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Written on January 05, 2010

Submitted by dawg4jesus on October 12, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AA BB XB XX
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 501
Words 101
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2

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