>There's a lot of bad poetry in the world that just follows readers' expectations. I should know, I've written some of it. Apparently, in 'the good old days (o

>There's a lot of bad poetry in the world that just follows readers' expectations. I should know, I've written some of it. Apparently, in 'the good old days (of the internet)', your poetry would be published by yourself, on your webpage - complete with a starry-twinkling background, a 'number of visitors' counter in the bottom right, and in a pink font. I miss those days.