The Purpose of Poetry

[ellajam]

I don't think there's a rule about what "poets" are supposed to do. In the example given, showing compassion to a dying person, revealing all the many reasons that might cause one not to have compassion, from self-absorption to envy of them being done with it and all the grays in between, are all fodder for art.

I think we all should try to make the world kinder, I don't see the burden on poets any more than plumbers. JMHO