/lit/ - Literature

I don't like pic related very much any more, but the editor thought it was good enough to print.

>>19161219
poetry is the only art not consumed by its 'fans.' it is an art divided between snobs, who refuse to accept any but classical poetry, and other snobs, who ape contemporary poets with none of the requisite skill or understanding. then there's everybody else, who look upon poems like an ornament, something pretty to post on their blogs without ever really reading or understanding what they're posting.