Change the World
You dream of shaping history
Redirecting mankind’s path
All with your words
Finely crafted by your hand
Meticulously chosen from your mind
You have the grandest power
To persuade the world
That your path is full of light
A Story to Tell
Lore handed down
From mouth to ear
Yet you fear its death
The written word is forever
Unlike the uttered tales
A book can spread across the world
Beyond the length of your voice
Resurrect a Genre
Your beloved area of focus
Mutilated and corrupted
By those who betray its heart
A new captain is needed
To guide the listing ship back home
Where it will be repaired
And return to the sea
Shining with its perfect luster
Legends of Windemere 
Another set of good reasons! I like the story to tell. I often forget poetry was once a verbal way to pass down stories from generation to generation. The spoken word came first, then the written.
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Never thought of that. Poetry does seem to come from the old lore like Gilgamesh. The forms are similar, so I wonder if poetry came before prose.
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That I don’t know… I’m sure Google could tell us 🙂
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Ah, Google. We should be nice to our future overlord.
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When I think of the history behind poems I think of Beowulf. There were many written prior, I am sure, but that is an epic poem that has stayed with me.
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Oh! Now I know why people are talking about the history of writing poems. I meant writing in general on these things. Oops.
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Really liked this.
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Thanks. 🙂
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Excellent, ‘A Story To Tell” is my favorite part of this set. 🙂
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Makes one wonder how many stories never get told.
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That is for sure, very sad in a way.
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