writing poetry is so flipping hard

[billy]

if i'm a professional [keen] runner, i definitely want to know who won what races i took no part in and what their times were. most professionals use the victories of their peers in order to strive to do better.

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.