Typical for Logan (and I'm generally a fan), a lot of hyperbole that seems to be intended mostly for comic purposes.
I can't say if I agree or disagree, since his "argument" seems more or less self-canceling. He appears to be saying both that it doesn't really matter if poetry stays a minority, elite art, which is what it's always been...but also that school children should be frog-marched through Dante, Catullus, Anne Carson, et al., and what a wonderful world that would yield. (And also: somersaults and lizards.)
I come away concluding: he's mostly just having fun here, playing with contrasting ideas and showing off his wit. There's not much in the way of opinion in this opinion piece.
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