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Poetry

Cavallo

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4. Agreed. I would'nt call me a poet either.

Reply to Petrushka (Reply #3)

Sun Feb 28, 2016, 05:57 PM

Feb 2016

I think this poetry section is so dead is because it's so hard to find.

Too bad it's not under Arts & Humanities.

I only found my way back because of my posts tab.

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Commercial poetry: Poetry? [View all] Petrushka Jul 2015 OP

Poetry is . . . Petrushka Jul 2015 #1

I think poetry is for poets. And, it's not dead and doesn't need to be saved by commercialism. Cavallo Feb 2016 #2

Anyone who believes they can "make money" writing poems . . . Petrushka Feb 2016 #3

Agreed. I would'nt call me a poet either. Cavallo Feb 2016 #4

Seems the only 'real' poets are all dead angstlessk Mar 2016 #5

John Lennon said it best. nt VulgarPoet May 2016 #7

I've been here a decade awoke_in_2003 May 2016 #6