Oh, we're not going to get into "modernism has made poetry impossible for the average reader to understand, make poetry accessible again!!!!!" arguments are we? I thought such silly ideas had been put to bed years ago. If the work of understanding a poem take longer than five minutes, then at least that poem is intellectually engaging. Art has a right to be difficult, if it is truly mimetic of human experience.
Hopefully, Julie, we're not heading toward that argument, are we?
Also, judging poetry's popularity on sales figures is a very capitalist way of commodifying quality, isn't it?
Though, I will admit, I utterly agreee with you when it comes to giving information.
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