>>24697457
Poetry needs to have something. Most anons that hate on poems without rhyme and meter are criticizing the "poetic" anarchy of modern "poetry". They'd be okay with Beowulf or Ezra Pound (mentioned in a wiki quote earlier) as in pic related. Essentially all contemporary poetry is genuine garbage, but obviously that doesn't negate the few individual examples of better-than-average you'll be able to find in the wild. Invariably, these "contemporary poets" are at their best when they are at their least "contemporary".

>Sick unto death, his dwelling must look for
>Unwinsome and woful; he wist the more fully
>The end of his earthly existence was nearing,
>His life-days’ limits. At last for the Danemen,
>When the slaughter was over, their wish was accomplished.