Doug
Both you and Richard make good points.
In college, most of my contemporaries echoed the same complaint I did - the poetry was often incomprehensible, and it was difficult to determine why it was called poetry - rather than delineated prose. We were forced to read things that didn't make a connection with us - generally on a theme that was important to the professor, all the while being told how important this particular writer was. Modern poetry seemed for a few flakes whho didn't really seem to fit into the rest of the world.
Now that I'm better read and more experienced, I really haven't changed my opinion much. *grin*
I'm short on time at the moment - I thought I'd be able to finish this, but I'll have to get back to it.
[This message has been edited by Jerry Glenn Hartwig (edited August 30, 2007).]
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