Shallow

So poetry is passion,
Right?
But storytelling takes practice.
(Or so I'm told.)
Storytelling is an art form,
A craft,
A way to entertain,
Or to make a living.
Poetry,
On the other hand,
Is
Instinctual,
Primal,
A basic
Need.
Storytelling is in words
Always.
Poetry is words, too,
And also pictures-drawings-sketches,
And movement-music-masquerade,
And expression-emotion-feeling,
But never
Always-something-anything-please.
Storytelling is history-moral-reason,
Yes,
But storytelling can be
Synopsized-summarized,
And really only ever taken at
Face
Value.

Coupla Haiku (Haikus? Haiki? Hike High in the Mountains?)

Prairie
Bobbing in the breeze,
Majestic sea of long grass,
Midwestern glory

(untitled)
Timpanis build up,
Strings and brass in harmony,
Sound epiphany.