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humanodon · 4154 days ago · link · · parent · post: AskHubski: Do you feel as though you contribute to society?
I do disagree. I think that due to many people's inexperience and general lack of familiarity with contemporary poetry and poets, they tend to default to tropes they are familiar with, namely minstrels from the Middle Ages and of course, Shakespeare. Being a poet is pretty tough. Like _refugee_ mentioned, rejection is par for the course and then there's the obstacle of reaching an audience that is not comprised solely of other poets and "literati" types (shudder). Getting better at writing poetry takes a lot of time and a lot of hard work as well as a lot more backbone and spirit than people tend to think.