Economics Of Poetry

I have no deep reason for not posting,just laziness and the bitterness of spending my birthday alone:(. I'm writing a poem about it:).

In reply to the statement,"There's no money in poetry",the poet Robert Frost (The Road Less Travelled) answered "There's no poetry in money",both statements are correct. as a believer in the principle,that the true poet has no choice,to quote Jack Micheline,'poetry gets into your blood like a hurricane,you've got to let it out',then money should not be a motivating factor and will rarely be of consequence.

I doubt that it's pure coincedence,that in the word poverty,you can spell 'poet'. The internet has aided the poet,whilst adding extra weight to their feet. The poet no longer needs to satisfy the prejudices of editors. They can create websites,blogs,hell even magazines and self-publish books(www.lulu.com). This has led to a tsunami of post-modernist beats (of course its poetry,the lines are jagged and it doesn't make sense),which is beginning to make me feel nostalgic for the days when poetry had structure,sonnets etc and rules. maybe poets,like musicians need to practice their scales before they are allowed to improvise.

For an excellent website for all things poetry,especially the business aspect, go to www.emptymirrorbooks.com.

A haiku
door creaks open,
eyes shut hand over ears.
daddy's home early