A: Poetry sucks. B: I don't know anyone who likes it. A: Some of it is okay, I guess. B: Yes, the poems that rhyme and are easy to remember. A: Like "One, two, buckle my shoe." B: But people still write poems. A: No one makes any money at it. B: Shakespeare was a poet. A: Did he get rich from his poetry? B: Probably not. A: Poems are a little bit like songs. B: Yes, but songs have music. Without music, songs would suck, too.