Because the majority of the creative community are self-seeking narcissists, the core of which is generally a self-loathing loser who has no actual talents or skills that contribute to society in the manner a plumber, carpenter, or welder does - the kind of work and kind of person they see as untouchable. And, like all narcissists, they demand their fifteen minutes of fame at the microphone, spewing the pseudo-intellectual bombast and chest-beating virtue signalling typical of their kind.

They are the vermin that gather when the smell of a rotting corpse begins to waft from a dead nation. Their words are the groaning of zombies in sleepless torment. Their thoughts are the wailings of those who know they are damned. Its supposed to be off-putting because its a warning to those who do not yet have God. A Godless nation produces these kinds of people.

Rhetorical question. Who writes poetry? The same people who vote for Fuck Joe Biden, drink Bud Light and wear masks.

Do not allow the midwit fucktards and denizens of poetry slams to dissuade anyone from reveling in the power of poetry. Homer, Virgil, Chaucer, Shakespeare, Dante, Tennyson, Kipling, Van Zandt, et al. Men of renown who elucidated and advanced an understanding of the depths and complexities of the human condition.

Because pathetic people are drawn to things which help them feel ireverent and special.

Truth is, most of them have nothing worth saying.

Makes you wonder why the old school poets would become teachers who would select their audience. Probably to avoid the problem you've noticed.

It'd be pretty funny to show up to one of these and read a short right wing manifesto or Hilter speech edited for the country in question of course.

I think because most of them are pretending to romantic or beat poets who basically were gay.

Also, in our society you can yell to the moon "I love penis and taking it up the ass" but if a straight man says the opposite, "I like biological women only" he's the one in the wrong.

Libtard central out of the bar that does open mics near my work when I walk home.

Back when I was a songwriter, hating most of the younger performers (around my age), the older poets were actually excellent. Sometimes I'd collaborate with them on autoharp or whatever. Sometimes I'd do poetry instead of songs, but i was mainly a songwriter

Because we don’t have the courage to dress up properly and go out and read TS Elliot to the masses?

I don't know what you expected.

Maybe stay away from the def poetry joints.

We've been trying to tell you, Theo. That's the majority of people doing the poetry nowadays.

I tried one once just to try to get my comedy exposed as much as possible. It was peak faggotry and that experience made me never drink coffee ever again. It is literally the preferred beverage of our enemies. Let them have their nigger juice.