So the mark of a profound and intelligent person is if he/she writes poetry?

obviously this was a generalized question only meant to invoke intelligent response... and i guess id better say intelligence is subgective, cant even be defined. i think we all know women had it rough and not all the greats were men, it doesnt need to be pointed out a million times...thanks all

If women are so intelligent and profound, why are all the great poets men?

This thread sounded like a good idea at the time, didn't it Tim?,

I mean come on a dating site and basically state " you gals don't know s**t about poetry.

Intelligence aside..... not very smart

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List Of Female Poets
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_female_poets
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Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (1872–1958), American poet, novelist and short story writer
Kathy Acker (1947–1997), American experimental novelist, punk poet, playwright, essayist, postmodernist and sex-positive feminist writer
Léonie Adams (1899–1988), American poet, seventh United States Poet Laureate
Fleur Adcock (born 1934), poet and an editor of English and Northern Irish ancestry; lived much of her life in England
Kim Addonizio (born 1954), American poet, novelist
Kelli Russell Agodon (born 1969), American poet
Delmira Agustini (1886–1914), Uruguayan poet
Akazome Emon (956–1041), Japanese poet and historian
Rachel Akerman (1522–1544), Austrian Jewish poet writing in German
Bella Akhmadulina (1937–2010), Soviet and Russian poet, short story writer, and translator
Anna Akhmatova (1889–1966), Russian and Soviet modernist poet
Anne-Marie Albiach (born 1937), French poet and translator
Jordie Albiston (born 1961), Australian poet and academic
Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888), American novelist, playwright and poet
Claribel Alegría (born 1924), Nicaraguan poet, essayist, novelist, and journalist
Elizabeth Alexander (born 1962), American poet, essayist, playwright and academic
Ellen Palmer Allerton (1835-1893), American poet
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So the mark of a profound and intelligent person is if he/she writes poetry?

no if you had read the thread.... i've already stated that intelligence is subjective and cant even be defined.

No I'm not reading every post. I went by the OP. That suggested exactly what I asked

Hey you posted it

Wouldn't great be subjective too? A poet that you might think is great might not be great to me

im talking cannonized people...

I personally like Emily Dickinson. smokin

I personally like Emily Dickinson.

im dont read alot of poetry..

Then how can you judge what is great and what is not. This topic has been debated for centuries who was great who just fit into the society's latest fad. etc...

I honestly believe if one just takes a consensus of common belief and runs with it they are actually putting themselves into a box and doesn't think for themselves.

Poetry is about condensing thought and concepts into the fewest possible words.