06-28-2011, 03:40 PM
You don't have to write "serious" poetry to take writing poetry "seriously" 
Phillip Larkin once said something to the effect that he wanted to write poems that were talked about in universities, but loved by people down at the pub. To me, that's definitely the thing to aim for -- poetry that's well written and above reproach by the scholars, that entertains the people who would never usually dream of reading a poem.
Phillip Larkin once said something to the effect that he wanted to write poems that were talked about in universities, but loved by people down at the pub. To me, that's definitely the thing to aim for -- poetry that's well written and above reproach by the scholars, that entertains the people who would never usually dream of reading a poem.
It could be worse