11 hours ago
Nothing works that is not forced
I can’t hire a Vietnamese construction crew to build a house in Central Park because for that I’d need to own the land, get permits, and get visas for the crew
So why should it be any different for poetry?
You should be a member of a poetry guild to write. Or pay a fine.
The guild could accept or reject you.
A number of these guilds would form a master guild with a full time administrative layer.
Small business owners should be taxed to fund this. They’re philistines anyway (no offence to the actual philistines and sea peoples in the Bronze Age who resisted the savage invading Israelites)
I can’t hire a Vietnamese construction crew to build a house in Central Park because for that I’d need to own the land, get permits, and get visas for the crew
So why should it be any different for poetry?
You should be a member of a poetry guild to write. Or pay a fine.
The guild could accept or reject you.
A number of these guilds would form a master guild with a full time administrative layer.
Small business owners should be taxed to fund this. They’re philistines anyway (no offence to the actual philistines and sea peoples in the Bronze Age who resisted the savage invading Israelites)