Why God Continues to Make Poets

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There can be poetry in a smile, and no poetry in a poem.

I like art, and the medium isn't all that important to me. Poetry will live on forever as a medium because of its simplicity - anyone who knows language can create and consume it. You do not need paint, or a camera, or an oboe - just thought. 

I think that there is currently more good art being created and distributed than ever before, but the quality of mass media is at an all-time low (with some lovely exceptions). If you're serving a meal for billions of people, you don't want it to be too spicy.

At the same time, the internet has enabled so many people to create and share so many great pieces of art - it can just be difficult to find it in the mess of algorithms etc.

Wj,

Thanks for this thoughtful reply.  Leonard Cohen is one of my heroes.  Both of you make very salient points.

"authority....music.....resonance":  one of the best defintions of poetry I've heard or read.

TqB