Will poetry and poets ever again be important?

[lovecraft68]

I don't think this tik tok dominated instant gratification, need everything explained to them, society can appreciate poetry, therefore doesn't care about it.

 

[John_von_Neumann]

I don't believe for a moment any AI thought up the joke in that cartoon.

You'd be mistaken. I first asked the AI to generate a description of a comic befitting a techy, ribald humor with stick figures. Then asked it to generate a cartoon with that description.

 

[butters]

Poetry was so important historically for its 'news' value and cultural heritage; it was a potent source, even moreso in print than the spoken word, of information and the spread of ideas that challenged power and the status quo of socially-accepted mores.

Now there's tv, the internet, phones and when the loss of what even constitutes a haiku is the norm then there's little hope. Most poetry is read by other poets, but the challenging voices may still get heard if they speak to enough people that are fed up with how power operates today. Will it ever regain its place of importance in society? I highly doubt it but that will never prevent a poet from writing poetry anyway.

 

[Politruk]

Who is now writing poetry that future generations of English students will study and discuss? What is being recited at open-mic poetry slams that anyone but that night's audience will ever hear or read?

Does anybody know?

 

[MajorRewrite]

AceRebelWat used to post a lot of free verse poetry in this forum. It was weird.

 

[Politruk]

AceRebelWat used to post a lot of free verse poetry in this forum. It was weird.

Indeed -- it never was clear what he was even trying to say.

 

[JohnEngelman]

Contemporary poetry is the lyrics of popular songs. With this, poetry is rediscovering its origins because the first poets were bards and troubadours who tole epics in verse accompanied by music, usually lutes.

 

[JohnEngelman]

Go away, asshole.

What's that all about? Politruck was trying to be nice.

 

[Politruk]

Contemporary poetry is the lyrics of popular songs. With this, poetry is rediscovering its origins because the first poets were bards and troubadours who tole epics in verse accompanied by music, usually lutes.

Poets -- as poets -- are not musicians.

Could Robert Frost write three notes?

 

[RoryN]

I don't believe for a moment any AI thought up the joke in that cartoon.

I would have agreed with you a year ago.

But A.I.'s progress is measured in months, not years.

 

[Politruk]

I would have agreed with you a year ago.

But A.I.'s progress is measured in months, not years.

That is somehow disturbing.

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