Where would the world be without great writing? It has been said that we have lost the gift of poetry but Dr. Esolen asserts: 

"If song is for everyone, and poetry is the most exalted form of song, then poetry too is for everyone. But it must be musical. It must be what can enter the mind forever, and be gotten by heart, because like music it enters the deepest chambers of the human person. It moves us, when a chronicle of events or a philosophical discourse would leave us cold."

Esolen, Anthony. The Hundredfold: Songs for the Lord (p. 9). Ignatius Press. Kindle Edition.