09-13-2016, 05:38 AM
Of course it's a myth. You should, however, read a lot of serious poetry while you're here critiquing other poetry, and in fact read some pretty damn serious poetry here as well. Every poem in our spotlight section, for example, is comparable to the best works being written right now around the world. I can make that statement, because I'm also concurrently reading the best works being written right now around the world.
It could be worse