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Yes, Tim, Michael, but isn't the salient point that it *doesn't matter* whether this poetry is read or heard or experienced or not: the economic point of poetry now is to have *status* of recognised poet - thereby qualifying you to teach, lecture, perform, give courses, workshops, hold residencies, receive grants, awards, judge competitions and if you're really lucky get a contract for a novel or a niche somewhere in broadcasting or a prominent online or magazine platform and winter holidays somewhere with a better climate than home?? On 2 July 2018 at 12:13, Tim Allen < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Yep! Trying to work out the difference between those who know about stuff > and those who pretend to know about stuff or sound as if they know about > stuff is very difficult at the best of times but when people have letters > after their name it makes it even more difficult because of cultural rules > and perceptions. > > Sorry haven't been posting much - too hot, too busy doing other stuff. > > Cheers > > Tim > > On 2 Jul 2018, at 02:47, Luke wrote: > > I don't think it should ever really matter that people are writing bad > poetry. I suppose a worry is that the universities are churning out > "experts" in poetry that aren't anything of the sort, and this encourages > stupidity, not just in taste but in other matters > > Luke > > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the BRITISH-IRISH-POETS list, click the following link: > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=BRITISH-IRISH-POETS&A=1 > ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the BRITISH-IRISH-POETS list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=BRITISH-IRISH-POETS&A=1