Damn.
Eta: to William's point. I don't entirely disagree. Also, There's a disconnect, and I don't know how to fix it.
Oh jeez. . . .
Only a fraction of poets who post here recognize "community" as the key. I won't apologize for saying so. We have already discussed all that in other threads.
I can't make anyone feel it; it has to happen. It used to be. It isn't now. Everything waxes and wanes. It's ok.
I can't invest their time for them. Only my own, and hope some follow.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salon_(gathering).The last salons of Paris were those of Marie-Laure de Noailles, with Jean Cocteau, Igor Markevitch, Salvador Dalí, etc., Marie-Blanche de Polignac (Jeanne Lanvin's daughter) and Madeleine and Robert Perrier, with Josephine Baker, Le Corbusier, Django Reinhardt, etc.[4
Meh...only 3 of us would show up. They call that something else entirely.
Hey, I'm up for it. I'll even write a poem to commemorate it.
I know how to bring people into the poetry forum.
You see? I know how to bring people into the poetry forum.
We'll have a community yet.
Good to see you, Rob.
Now vote.
Okay. For what? And tell me to vote again, but a little meaner...