[New-Poetry] mo natterin' bout po no matterin'

[Chris Lott]

Two questions:

If-- for the sake of discussion-- pop music is the primary vehicle for
poetry today, isn't that pretty sad? I'm a fan of a lot of pop music,
but as poetry? Not so much.

And David G-- in your estimation is there EVER any variation on
quality over time when it comes to poetry? Granted, the cries that
poetry is dead are constant, but doesn't it seem like some years--
even decades-- are much more fulfilling than others? It almost defies
logic to think otherwise-- imagine the amazing balance where every
poet who exits the scene is balanced by one coming in of exactly the
same quality, skill, and passion. But I guess it could happen... or
you could be exceedingly good at finding the bright side :)

c