<story><title>Things to argue about over the holidays instead of politics</title><url>https://dynomight.net/arguments/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>TotoHorner</author><text>&amp;gt; Why do most people seem to hold poetry and poets in high esteem yet have approximately zero interest in reading any poetry ever?&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ve wondered this for years.&lt;p&gt;Like seriously, is there anyone who seriously reads poetry for fun nowadays?&lt;p&gt;I understand if it&amp;#x27;s the 1800s and there&amp;#x27;s literally nothing else to do.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>nordsieck</author><text>&amp;gt; is there anyone who seriously reads poetry for fun nowadays?&lt;p&gt;1. IMO, there is some really great poetry out there. But the ratio is terrible. It&amp;#x27;s honestly worse than Youtube comments.&lt;p&gt;2. Poetry 1.0 mostly died for... reasons. But it&amp;#x27;s replacement - Poetry 2.0 - people absolutely love. You&amp;#x27;d know it better by its common name &amp;quot;rap&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;If you want some encouragement to wade through sewage to discover gems, here&amp;#x27;s one that really speaks to me:&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;    Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven
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    W. B. Yeats

    Had I the heavens&amp;#x27; embroidered cloths,
    Enwrought with golden and silver light,
    The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
    Of night and light and the half light,
    I would spread the cloths under your feet:
    But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
    I have spread my dreams under your feet;
    Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
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Among other things, it really captures some of the melancholy of being a parent who isn&amp;#x27;t particularly wealthy.</text></comment>
<story><title>Things to argue about over the holidays instead of politics</title><url>https://dynomight.net/arguments/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>TotoHorner</author><text>&amp;gt; Why do most people seem to hold poetry and poets in high esteem yet have approximately zero interest in reading any poetry ever?&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ve wondered this for years.&lt;p&gt;Like seriously, is there anyone who seriously reads poetry for fun nowadays?&lt;p&gt;I understand if it&amp;#x27;s the 1800s and there&amp;#x27;s literally nothing else to do.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mejutoco</author><text>Lots of people listen to hip hop and, while the quality varies a lot, it is remarkable that a very popular musical genre is poetry.</text></comment>