There has been an ongoing debate over the last two decades among news outlets as to whether the art of poetry is still alive and breathing today. To some, poetry is a dead art form. To others, poetry is the everyday. Writer Matthew Walther, who contributed the opinion piece “Poetry Died 100 Years Ago This Month” to the New York Times in December of 2022, seems to side with those who agree that “poetry is dead.” This idea, at least for Walther, stems out of poetry having already been mastered...