I understand poetic theory as a means to think about poetry. I do not understand those who promulgate a specific theory and believe that all poetry currently being written, in order to qualify as “successful”, must conform to this theory. Even the notion of aesthetic taste is something I feel it is best to constantly challenge yourself about. You don’t like plain language poetry? There may be some poet who writes in that style whose work would be deeply inspiring to you, were you to allow yourself to read it. I hope I will always be able to reconsider my notion of what constitutes good poetry.