Poetry is treated badly by everyone because, very often, it reflects one's feelings.
I would say almost introspective, and that might make people afraid.
Yeah, I'd say that's a fair guess. Feelings in general make us uncomfortable. Hmm... come to think of that, as society moves more in the direction of being more accepting of feelings and the expression of them, I wonder if that will make poetry more popular. Time will tell, I suppose.
"Soldiers:
You stand like
of autumn
on the trees
the leaves."
I hadn't heard that one before. I like that! Yes, quite similar in feeling to Bashō's poem.