/lit/ - Literature

I feel stuck right now. I have a few injuries and troubles that have lingered for months, and which have been very slow to heal. I've been trying to find a good job, one that makes use of my particular talents, and I can't seem to land anything. I've gotten a few poems published this year, but in the last few months I haven't had any publications, just a bunch of rejections.

It feels like I'm in a rut on multiple levels of my life. I don't know how to get moving again; I keep trying things, but they're not effective.

Why is so much of modern poetry so... ugly?

I understand the need to innovate and move forward in art. It's necessary to continue to strive beyond the past. But does it have to be in a way that so often is displeasing to the senses? Why do so many modern poets write poetry that fails to please and delight?