writing poetry is so flipping hard

[Achebe]

But ultimately, poetry is an art where everyone's the performer and no one's there to buy the tickets. Like running - if you're a keen runner you only care about your own timing. And if you're not a keen runner you couldn't care less about the winner of the Berlin marathon anyway.
Except that running gets you fit and poetry gets you depressed.
I hope Trump and Putin ban poetry.