Andrew Shields takes a long view this week about the situation of poetry:
...one relatively consistent feature of contemporary poetry in English is that it does impose itself on its readers: it makes the reader listen to the voice of the poet, instead of providing, as pop lyrics do, a space for listeners to fill with their own voices, as it were.Read the full essay posting, "From Tennyson to today," at his blog. A hat-tip to Robert Archambeau for spotting it; though it must be noted, Shields name-drops Archambeau at the very start of his discussion.
