Making Poetry Popular

That's all very well said.   Item C resonates most strongly with me, though not to the exclusion of all the rest.  One point about the poetry out there that does get published in the better journals - much of it is exceptional quality, that's why its difficult to get through the door sometimes.  Competition.  However, sometimes I think the focus on particular styles of writing can be a little bit too narrow, no matter what they say in their submission guidelines.  All we can do is always seek to improve and keep our own work genuine.  That and build a healthy community of poets.  Poets and community go together very well.