hi Linda,As to your comment I included above, I could not agree more. Poets are not expository writers. Of course there are poems intentionally written to be obtuse, a matter of confusing that with ambiguity but I don't want everything to be spelled out for me--overkill.
I think there are plenty of 'templates' for poets to work within, the history of literature is littered with manifestos and movements (as is Art). Folk get quite heated about it
Yes, that is quite a paradox!If the N wants to quit writing why the concern, or at least mention, that the poem lacks clues? And why is there a poem being posted about not writing anymore? THAT is the puzzle isn't it?
Time to revise
cheers
Phil