O true Hero,
O speaker of the play upon the stage,
O personhood we follow in renaissance,
O woman for whom we cast our vote,
Act!

O only playwright
Who wrote of protagonist before time began,
(quill, ink, papyrus)
Reach!

O landscape spanning thro the valley wide,
O heaven open to our wounded pride,
Mission of art!

O Seismic afternote from infidel,
O Music to the finest ear in perfect pitch,
O Ebony and ivory upon the keyboard of soliloquy,
O Word and verse that stands in rhyming couplet,
O Sonnet of resurrection from the past,
Great orator!

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Emily Isaacson, "Hero Contemplation," Hallmark