It's good and dead, long live zombie poetry.

I think it began before the web. In the ‘60s, authenticity became the word of the day. It was necessary to ‘let it all hang out’ – a reaction to the ‘up tight’ attitudes of their (the teens’ and twenty-somethings’) parents. Be genuine! Let out the primal scream! Someone once asked Baba Ram Dass how he would act at one of the weekend happenings, in which the participants were to let go emotionally – popular during the ‘70s. He answered that he would do exactly what he usually does: Sit quietly and observe or talk or read.

The really strange part for me is the twin rules that you should put yourself in a poem, but avoid the use of the word “I”. On the Weird Scale of 1 to 10, that’s at least a 9.

The web has merely taken the already extant dumbing of the world and increased its intensity by increasing the quantity of communication and decreasing the barrier to entry.

I do agree that TV and other forms of propaganda have increased conformity and decreased original thought.

Finally, apples (like vegetables) CAN “kill someone”. The antidote is dark chocolate.