I think poetry is dying not because people are leaving poetry but because poetry is leaving the people. Now for the part that's gonna cause stones to be hurled at me..... I blame the prevalence of free verse. Now free verse can be beautiful and convey meaning well but the bad part is it is not as easily recalled as metered rhyming poetry. Now if one goes out in the "real" world where it's not just poets reading other poets and ask a non poet to recite a poem . What do you get? By a vast majority you will hear a rhyming meter poem, the same kind which too few are writing any more. So if poetry IS dying we have nobody to blame but ourselves for not giving the general public what they want. Now I'm gonna duck behind this here wall and start dodging.........

what a great blog, i have been reading a fabulous book called "the ode less travelled" and it has been teaching me that we all in the world have the poet within its just how we use it, so may i say maybe its the poets who really have the courage to be that bit different who may make something stand out, I personally would never dream of building a villa on my poems, however those more professional may well do and why not? in the end the poet who can speak to another person within his words has won or lost in some very sad cases. Scribbler may now duck whilst i throw a plate at him! LOL

Take care my dear Lovedly.

In fact the idea of poetry continues to grow especially during this pandemic.
The art in poetry has indeed gone to the wayside with Free Form. Free Form is only one way to write poetry.
Here look: http://www.shadowpoetry.com/
Peace,
Mark