Mark,
Speaking as a young poet of just 20 - i think much of the reason why we
don't simply drop the age old argument (lovely as it would be to do so!!)
is that - in my experience at the very least - you sort of float along
thru' the education system and recieve whatever knowledge you get in terms
of poetry and if you pursue after leaving school you are introduced to the
divide by older poets from whom you learn about a broader spectrum and are
almost expected to choose a side (not my experience thankfully)and then
this war sort of rages on into the next generation...
Cheers
David
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