RE: BAD POETRY IS TAKING OVER STEEMIT
Hmm. That is quite the challenge. I Have Been One Acquainted With the Night by Robert Frost? God's Grandeur by Hopkins? i carry your heart by ee cummings? Of course there is the question of varying tastes, but these are all excellent because they touch something through poetic use of language that regular prose just can't. But make sure you spend some time with them.. a couple of slow reads of each one, and listening to the effect it is having on you as you read. It's like learning a new language at first.
Maybe you would read some of mine? This one is the best I have posted, but am refraining from posting more until I have them copyrighted somewhere: https://steemit.com/poetry/@kayclarity/storm-battered-similar-sands-an-original-poem
And maybe you'd enjoy some of my songs? www.kayclarity.com (free downloads there, too)
Let me know how your poetry journey is going! I mean that! I'll be curious :)