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Peter Davison

And there are a lot more people reading poetry, but there are not so many people reading an individual poet.

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More people are interested in poetry as a whole than before, but fewer people focus on the work of one specific poet. This means that while poetry is gaining popularity, individual poets may not have as many dedicated readers.

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