Are you serious about poetry?

[O. M. Geezersnaps]

Robert Frost is a sensitive old curmudgeon at age 20.

This is 100% true.   That's one of the reasons why I like him. He's an old soul, and I'm forever 12.

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Yes O. M. Geezer, I use my double and single quotes in eccentric and iconoclastic ways. As iconoclastic as you can be using quotes.

You rebel, you. 

It's true. The real renegades don't use punctuation. They don't even use real words. They just use telepathy and white noise to implant their images directly into our brains; saves trees by not printing books.

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Am I ever going to send my poems to a publisher? Unlikely. 
Am I ever going to introduce myself by saying I am a poet? Also unlikely.  -- Most people don't unless they love to lean in to awkward silence. I agree with Ali Wong: "I don't want to lean in, I want to lie down." 
Do I workshop my poems?  Very rarely. 
Do I read books about poetry?  Not often enough (but I do like to buy them). -- Financial support is vital. You're doing the Lord's work. 
Am I going to keep writing poems? Indubitably. (Sometimes it’s the only way to make sense of the world in that ‘I don’t know what I think until I see what I say’ kind of way). 
--same

  
And I think it’s important to create spaces where people can learn to read and write and love poetry, to create spaces that make poetry available and interesting (and fun) to every new generation. -- This must be why the muse trusts you as her steward 

That being said, telling someone else that they aren’t ‘serious about poetry’ like it’s some sort of elite club with exclusive members is ridiculous. -- And yet, as poetry becomes more of an academic endeavor, that's exactly what's happening. Seems like it's hard to get published unless you have a master's in literature from a reputable university. At least this is what I tell myself so I won't be disappointed when I never get published. 

Anyone can write a poem. -- Debatable. 

Requiring people to only write poems if they are ‘serous’ about it is like telling someone they aren’t allowed to sing unless they are a ‘serious’ musician. -- Counterpoint: if you attend a performance of Handel's Messiah, you'll notice how many people feel free to belt out the Hallelujah Chorus even though their neighbors greatly object to the damage being inflicted on their eardrums. 

Poetry, music, and art, both the creation of it and the appreciation of it, belong to everyone. -- You almost have me convinced. Almost....