“Every so often I find some poems that are too good for the readers of The Atlantic because they are a little too involved with the nature of poetry, as such.”
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Poetry should be able to reach everybody, and it should be able to appeal to all levels of understanding.
I think poetry has lost an awful lot of its muscle because nobody knows any. Nobody has to memorize poetry.
They need to learn poetry. They don't need to learn about poetry. They don't need to be told how to interpret poetry. They don't need to be told how to understand poetry. They need to learn it.
Poetry was invented as an mnemonic device to enable people to remember their prayers.
