Poet Proclamation

[milo]

Once upon a time
Men would
Stand in the streets.
Poets and
Philosophers,
the doctors
of literate thought
And speech.
All called to town square.
To share
To those despaired
A message
From above
Or somewhere else.

There isn't really much here. Even if "once upon a time" wasn't cliche, it sets a fairy tale tone that is never realized. "To share to those despaired" - the words are English but the sentence isn't.
A "message from above" is just another abstract cliche that never gets realized. The "doctors of literate thought and speech" is wordy, inefficient and anti-poetic.

Men still stand in streets, by the way, not just once upon a time.

milo