> I wish poets understood that the general population has no interest in what we do, so when we speak we are speaking only to each other. I think to some exten

> I wish poets understood that the general population has no interest in what we do, so when we speak we are speaking only to each other. I think to some extent the second part is responsible for the first: Poetry took a hard turn with Modernism and has become increasingly academic and bound up with academia ever since*. It's barely meant for other people anymore, and when it is, academics are often dismissive or outright hostile. Strange that anyone could disagree with Dani Rose's comment, let alone attack her over it. * I'm a lapsed academic and my field was Modernism. Love the stuff, but am under no illusions about the readership of, say, Ezra Pound.