Is poetry a dying art?

Sang Hanafin: hard factor. search on to a search engine. just that could actually help!

Morris Olexy: .Bukowski lives on Balcony TVhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhkBSNZ-2ao

Emeline Albracht: Going by most of the examples on this site, one could be forgiven for thinking it was already dead.

Paul Maymi: On this site poetry was never born.

Rocio Karvis: Um is Woodrow Wilson a dying president?Poetry died with the advent of RADIO. Have you noticed that thanks to movies and TV BOOKS are DYING NEXT?[I'm not the one preaching innocence with a perverted avatar name. Pity he can't be an example of what HE is saying instead of proving himself wrong by being a nasty character. If I was a wood nymph who fell off his perch calling myself Fallen Fairy would STILL be a double entendre. Get real please. A perverted name cannot be justified because the user is ignorant.][Meanwhile others in here spam the same rehashed Victorianisms to defend that poetry still lives! , even though they have to borrow 150 year old tropes to do it. Sheesh!][There are people who still collect vinyl albums, but that doesn't mean the record didn't die. You have to pretend the record never lived to believe that. Great minds will always love poetry is silly self-flattery. I must have a great mind, I am here. Ha!][Trees are poetry, flowers are poetry, love is poetry, give me a break. That is what killed poetry. Florid silliness.]...Show more

Raul Tllo: NO! But a good question nonetheless. Evidence here suggests even 10 year old children are exploring poetry, for what reason I can't know, but with suggestions that don't damage what spirit they may have, what passion they may feel, they could become most valid, most real in the craft. Simplicity is not a sin, though it seems relative to their generational issues and perhaps they haven't ventured out far enough yet in exploring such works that are classics. I enjoy music as well as poetry, and while the inte! nt in music might be lyrical, it's often dilluted in a most co! mmercialized version of what might more be worthy poetry. I'm young, naive in the craft, willing and wanting to learn and grow, and know that slings and arrows happen, but I work at shielding myself from those who offer no more than degradation and possible destruction, in what we might accept as poetic, evolution, generationally speaking. Their voice is no less worth listening to than any most well known, prolific or some quality judged here in this forum. Abstract here. "As a ripened Apple may fall to ground before being chosen, ingested Still as it decays, is absorbed by the Earth, and It can be the seeds of much new life."...Show more

Mack Ukich: First of all, thank you for your answer on my question.And no, I do not think that poetry is dying, or already dead.Poetry, at least to me, is not what most see it to be.There are many songs that are poetry.Love is poetry.Life is poetry.But if poetry is alive in you, it cannot be dead.If you love it, it is still in existe! nce. You have much better things to worry about than what others may think of it.It only matters what you think....Show more

Jannette Kotz: It seems the world I loved so wellBut late, too soon has passed away;And that the tower in which I dwellCollapsed around me yesterday.The soil in which mimosa standsHas marked its timid, prayerful handsAnd Autumn's come to Summer's gladeTo cover all in gloom and shade.The sweet schoolmaster of my skillHas seen the sacred bridges fallAnd I, a trump at Roncesvalles,Bear witness to a darker will --Of fountain waters run to sourAnd spoil beside an ivied bower.That pretty much sums up my thoughts on the matter......Show more

Francis Stickle: No ,unlikely.Art is for the mindan enrichment for the brain.A beauty unseen if you`re not in the league

Dulcie Edis: Arts can NEVER die....as long as there beats a human heart...be it poetry or painting! It can lose popularity with changing times. But as everything is cyclic, there! WILL come a generation who will appreciate it more than the present on! e...unless, we are taken over by the Robots...In a world where money speaks, poetry's voice has been weakened! True, it doesn't fetch a fat pay-cheque and poets have to eat too!...Show more

Mitchel Demry: winter must be cold for those without poetry...sorry, couldn't resist that one.No, I see a new generation of poets and many of them are sticklers for the old forms. many choose to ignore it until they need ...then, poetry soothes....Show more

Rodrigo Pezley: I don't think it's dead.

Kimberlee Bowdish: Poetry is for pompous bastards.

Floy Fague: Poetry will never die. Those that will are would be poets that harass all others in an attempt to make themselves look better. There I feel better for telling the truth for I am the one.Edit: As for you: Iano the Mighty... quit stealing my name.

Marhta Teahan: It is certainly not dead. There are still many fantastic poets out there and even on YA here, as well as poets in the making, and for me it! is an art form which will never die if I can help it. ;-) People will always have imagination, creativity, and emotions which will need an outlet. Poetry is and will always be one of the perfect platforms for expressing these. XO...Show more

Davida Gisriel: I am not sure to be honest.It seems dead where I live, Tampa Florida but I do not do open mic shows or anything so what do I know?

Catheryn Small: People do still care about poetry, but the notion of poetry has changed.Poetry is now slammed at open mic nights, and every chopped prose salad is a poem. I applaud poets who really to make it look easy. That's the reason it's "art" - by nature, it's artificial.Picasso was a brilliant draftsman who CHOSE to paint as he did, having already explored the technical aspects. James Joyce and Samuel Beckett mastered languages other than their own (in Joyce's case, twelve languages) before returning to their native tongue to explode with invention and re-inventions ! of English.And since I co-moderate a poetry group here on Yahoo, I can ! tell you that it's not dead. There are several poetry groups here, as well as Poetry.com and other sites....Show more

Virgilio Echter: Poetry is still alive and kicking, although it may not be to everyones taste. I don't see it as a dying art form, it will still be around in hundreds of years. There will always be those who have a burning ambition to express themselves in poetic form. My grandchildren adore it and I know that it is still taught in schools as part of the curriculum