Everyone knows that poetry doesn't “sell.” Publishers don't want to print it, students groan aloud at the prospect of studying it. And poetasters have set our teeth on edge. So why in the world would I want to concentrate on it?
Because it does what no other genre of writing can do. Look at this insightful essay:
http://www.scriptoriumdaily.com/2007/04/12/t-s-eliot-things-that-can-
just-barely-be-said/
–and let me know what you think.
