Many poets but few good poems: criticsMany critics and poets attending a workshop on contemporary poetry in Hanoi on February 27 agreed: the country is home to many poets, but few good poems. “There are too few good poems while too many bad ones,” he said. “Thousands of poetry collections published every year do not express the poets’ personal feelings; they discuss the country’s issues. “New poems may not good but good poems are always new. Good poems should conquer people and stay inside people.

Source: VietNamNet News March 01, 2018 04:30 UTC