Mike Hauser Poet Light Verse

The Power of Poetry

Could the power of poetry be used
To bring about a change in life
As it digs its way deep 
Into the heart, the soul, the mind

Could it dig its way in deeper
And perhaps influence the scope of time
Could the answer to life's problems
Be found inside the rhyme

We all know what's said about music
Could the same be said about poetry
If the right words were spoken
Would it calm the savage beast

If you took it to the highest heights
And recited it from the mountain tops
Or planted it in the field of man
Would it grow the strongest crops

If they brought poetry onto the battlefield 
Would it put an end to war
Or introduced in the halls of medicine 
Could it bring about a cure

I just know the power that poetry 
Holds over my life
And that if it were up to me
I'd use it for the good of all mankind

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Cona Adams February 4, 2017 at 8:42 AM Love this, Mike. Another seven for me.

Heidi Sands January 31, 2017 at 12:16 PM Love it Mike! Excellent :)

Daniel Turner January 31, 2017 at 9:34 AM Mike, this is excellent. Maybe your best! I love it:)

Cheryl Hoffman January 31, 2017 at 8:42 AM This is great Mike and one of my faves! You should enter this in a contest my friend!~Che :)