Making Poetry Popular

Fine, not cut off. But.. I just don't think it's ever a good idea to intentionally shelter yourself from things. You need the perspective.. to understand the state of.. other people. TV is just another medium people use to express themselves (at least in theory.) We need to understand the... freaking reality shows. I mean, you  can write good poetry without it, but to say that it's a necessity to write good poetry, to NOT watch/listen/whatever? Weak.

I still hate this discussion. It feels useless. Only because I don't believe anything will change. At least not by anything we can do. Not because we dont' rock but because... we can't realistically change the way a society looks at an "art form" that has been swept under the rug for agesss.