[nordsieck]

> is there anyone who seriously reads poetry for fun nowadays?

1. IMO, there is some really great poetry out there. But the ratio is terrible. It's honestly worse than Youtube comments.

2. Poetry 1.0 mostly died for... reasons. But it's replacement - Poetry 2.0 - people absolutely love. You'd know it better by its common name "rap".

If you want some encouragement to wade through sewage to discover gems, here's one that really speaks to me:

    Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven
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    W. B. Yeats

    Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths,
    Enwrought with golden and silver light,
    The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
    Of night and light and the half light,
    I would spread the cloths under your feet:
    But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
    I have spread my dreams under your feet;
    Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

Among other things, it really captures some of the melancholy of being a parent who isn't particularly wealthy.