"Dawn
is a thing that poets write/ Verses about till late at night. / At daybreak, when the poets' eyes / Are closed in sleep, their neighbors rise / And put the coffee on to perk / And drink it, and go off to work."
from Richard Wilbur's "A Few Differences"
Poetry used to be the emperor of the literary universe, but lately it has been overshadowed by almost every other genre novels, comic books, self-help or just channeled into other media, like rock and hip-hop. These days most bookstores stock a few odd volumes on a back shelf, and most of those are written by singer Jewel. But people are still writing poetry and finding ways to say things no other medium can if you have the time to stop and listen.
