I wonder if poetry still have the same value it used to have before. Gone seem to be the days when a collection of poems published in newspapers or a book attract market attention. I have two volumes of my poems i've compiled for the past ten years but i revel more in the pleasure of reading it myself than risk the rigours of publication for an (unconscious) public. Please advise me.

I FEEL THE SAME WAY TOO. AN OLD WISE MAN TOLD ME THAT POETRY HAS METAMORPHOSED INTO OTHER FORMS OF ARTS LIKE MUSIC ND DRAMA, ETC ETC. I MIGHT BE TRUE BRO. BT JUST KEEP WRITING, ONE DAY HEAVEN WILL SMILE ON US AND BRING LIFE BACK TO A 4GOTTEN WORLD[POETRY]. 08065130886