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Continue to ChatA trouble with poetry is the presence of presumptuousness in poetry, the sense you get in a poem that the poet takes for granted an interest on the reader's part in the poet's autobiographical life, in the poet's memories, problems, difficulties and even minor perceptions. I try to presume that no one is interested in me. And I think experience bears that out. No one's interested in the experiences of a stranger - let's put it that way. And then you have difficulty combined with presumptuousness, which is the most dire trouble with poetry. - Billy Collins from https://whatsmyquote.com/quote/a-trouble-with-poetry-is-the-presence-of-presumptuousness-in-poetry-the-sense-you-get-in-a-poem-that-the-poet/page/6