User blog comment:RainingSlayerBlood/Friendly debate/@comment-25052433-20150212005043

Well, this is really not something that can ever be debated, as it's comparing two very different aspects.

Sure, they share a common ground in the realm of being written word, but after that, they go their separate ways.

Now personally, I will take a great short story over a poem anyday. Stories pull me in, hold me hostage and take me on their joy rides, not releasing me until the the final word is written or read. That goes equally for writing one as it does for reading one.

Poetry to me, while still beautiful and valuable in its own right, doesn't hold me in that same fashion. A good poem is satisfying, but its affect leaves me as soon as the reading is done. Stories stick with me for a while though, and inspire me further and further.

Still though, someone that loves poetry can make the same arguement that I just made, and simply swap the paragraphs.