I've never made up my mind on contemporary poetry. Or any poetry written during or since Modernism. I do not know if I love the democratic spirit of the hyper-personal high-school journal poetry that is widely written. I should love it. I don't. I hate it. I hate that is exists. I want more Frost and Jeffers. I want poetry that speaks to everyone and to the personal. I don't just want radical free verse filled with ultra-inside information and self-referential bullshit. But that it is out there should really make me happy. I should really love the widespread application of poetry. I should. It should please me. I am still torn.

I hate you Jorie Graham. I love you.