/lit/, does contemporary poetry it's feed into itself almost exclusively? Have any non-poets here read any poetry from the last 5-10 years?
Is academia responsible for contemporary poets being the predominant consumers of contemporary poetry? Is poetry a dwindling form?
I've read some poetry from the last 5-10 years.
>>8065197
In my experience among writers Poets tend to be the absolute bottom rung, it's extremely easy to pass oneself off as an amateur poet because if no one likes your work you can just fall back on 2deep4u or its innate self indulgent spirit. There are brilliant Poets Ive come across mind but they're a tiny minority and there's no continuity between them.
So basically it just results in rotten standards because these failed shitty poets end up being the people in charge of journals and such who pick their shitty equivalents and audiences just don't have the endurance and care to sift through all that nonsense.
>>8065197
All contemporary poetry I have, I've gotten dirt cheap in the "We're never going to turn a profit on this, just get rid of it" bin
>>8065197
>does not visit war zones because of the adrenalin rush
>does not "intervieview" whores because he's a creep
>>8065687
Whores and Igloos
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>>8065197
Song and rap lyrics are the poetry for the masses.
>>8066157
Too bad most of it is either shallow or something personal
