Will Poetry Come To A Decline In The Modern Age? Poem by Bijay Kant Dubey

Will poetry come to a decline
In the modern age,
I think,
Keep thinking about
What is poetry,
What can poetry give to,
Why are people after,
What is in poetry,
What has poetry in it to give?

What can the poets give,
Can poetry save life,
What can poetry give to,
If the poets are all,
Are scientists,
Doctors and engineers inferior to,
Are the sculptors, artists and performers,
Are the architects and planners?

In this age of modern hurry and divided aims,
Sick living and diseased malaise,
Why to waste time on writing poetry,
Mad man's poetry,
Trivial verses and rhymed doggerel,
In this age of science or poetry,
What have we to do?