The point of poetry is to be acutely discomforting, to prod and provoke, to poke us in the eye, to punch us in the nose, to knock us off our feet, to take our breath away.
Of course, you can't legislate for how people are going to read.
I certainly am interested in accessibility, clarity, and immediacy.
I'm sure 50 percent of television ads use rhyme
Form is a straitjacket in the way that a straitjacket was a straitjacket for Houdini.
That's one of the great things about poetry; one realises that one does one's little turn - that you're just part of the great crop, as it were.