Is poetry dead? Where are the trailblazers of the verse?

Answer 1

I would say poetry is about as alive as the use of calligraphy. This is due, in part, to the art form being diluted by amateurs who think that because they write a few words on a piece of paper that they have suddenly become poets.

Answer 2

Poetry has been suffocated by tenured poetry professors who publish and praise only each other, who fight for grants, prizes and honors they award only to each other. No one who is not on a faculty somewhere has the right to publish or exist in the poetry world without their approval.

Answer 3

No.

Alive and kicking in the UK certainly. Even the appointment of Andrew Motion as Poet Laureate was a brave move................most of the public would have voted for Pam Ayers !