Reddit mentions of Love, an Index (McSweeney's Poetry Series)

>I think making the distinction between a hobbyist poet and the "professional" poet is kind of immature and a little bit of what is wrong with the industrialized poetry of the post-contemporary age.

It is a distinction that has existed for ages. As someone who is interested in great poetry getting into the minds of the people at large, I can't imagine discounting the importance of training and discipline when it comes to the practicing of an art.

And if you think that today's poetry is "stale and unseasoned" I suggests you check out the following four books (only one of which is mine) published just these first few months of 2012 and the poets that wrote them:

With Rough Gods by G.M. Palmer

I Was There For Your Somniloquy by Kelli Anne Noftle

Love, an Index by Rebecca Lindenberg

Olives by A.E. Stallings