<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=366642" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Why Poets?</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">When a poem is read<br>A reader's home is entered<br>Where dwells a kindred spirit</div><div style="margin:10px 0">You laugh…you cry<br>You groan and you sigh<br>You feel and taste and hear it</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We bring tears to eyes<br>Smiles to lips…<br>Memories to mind</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We make you think<br>With pen and ink<br>And open minds once blind</div><div style="margin:10px 0">That music is a source of joy<br>Of that, of course there is<br>No doubt</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But words and phrases<br>Ink on pages, of that<br>We'd ne'er do without</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It's a gift given to very few<br>In truth, this game <br>of words and phrases</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Of measurable worth? <br>Of real value none? <br>Of real time and of real places? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">So why the need for you and me? <br>What place have we…Poets, <br>In grand schemes, of things and matters? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">…It's because….</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We give wings to words<br>That soar like birds<br>And oftimes leave your heart</div><div style="margin:10px 0">…in tatters…</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=David+Whalen">David Whalen</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=366642" data-title="Why Poets? de David Whalen" data-description="When a poem is read A reader's home is entered Where dwells a kindred spirit You laugh…you cry You groan and you sigh You feel and taste and hear it We bring tears to eyes Smiles to lips… Memories to mind We make you think With pen and ink ..."></div> </div> </div>

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