Forgive me for being an English nerd, but I've been kicking off my uni break with some Literature, and have come to consider current attitudes towards poetry.

( Cut for tl;dr, lots of personal opinion, and general rambling. )

To finish, here are couple of poems that I love, one Australian and one not:

( Some Dawe and Auden )

People should feel free to disagree with any of this. Or agree, whatever. :P