Response to male poets only

Reply to David I was not complete with my question. please forgive me.The local poetwas a woman and she thought that I could develop a style by readingfrom a male's point of view. I did not like her disregard of yeats or the1800 language. She believed that the language was outdated and that contemporary poetry was the way of the future. I have been reading modern poets and many are good, but the past poets seem to have the edge as far as beautiful language. Is there a balance between old and new. I was a loose cannon with poetry and now I want to be better, as a writer and poet. thanks for the response.

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