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Roots

Since the advent of language, people have been creating their own venues in order to tell their stories, whether the stories have a specific purpose or are strictly for entertainment value. Every ancient civilization has their legends, myths, and stories, just as every culture has their renowned storytellers. Primarily, storytelling was conducted in the oral tradition in combination with expressions and gestures. Another primitive form of storytelling was through art, as seen in cave drawings. In the oral tradition, the storyteller provides the audience with mental images through words, songs, and movements to get his message across. Audience would then, in turn, interpret the story through their own personal experiences. No two stories were ever told in the same manner, nor were the audiences’ interpretations of the story. The experiences of both the storyteller and the audience, and how they interact are what make storytelling special. Storytelling is, indeed, the first true art form.

He ate and drank the precious Words
His Spirit grew robust

I love poetry. I read poetry. I write poetry. But every poet that I know is dead. The last one that mattered to me was Allen Ginsberg, who died in 1997. Maybe it's me; I tend to be in the Early Majority, which means I'm slightly ahead of the curve. But maybe I haven't yet found a modern poet who I can relate to. Or maybe poetry needs to age like wine. Or maybe the modern poets were writing songs, movies, television, and books. No matter what, the halcyon age of poetry is a bygone era.

Poetry is dead. I think. Either that or you have to be dead to be a great poet.