Go Tell A Story — Poem People Project

I.
a hint, a wink, a slight move
an explanation, illustration, description
all options for communication

II.
Experiences slip into memory
and are squandered if not told as stories.
Story is needed
for the experience to live beyond memory.

III.
To tell a story can be
sweat inducing, adrenaline producing
and on that rare occasion --
when heads nod and eyes get bigger --
satisfying.
When the cycle works flawlessly --
experience - memory - story --
another, different story may be born.

- this one sent to Alabama -
video here...
Artwork = Gerhard Richter