Who buys poetry? Realistically: college graduates, maybe 40/60

I doubt there's any real statistics about this. I'll say this, most of the people I've met in real life who're into poetry tend to be women but the people who are more in-depth with it (ie, actually have sizable collections) are usually men; this isn't always true though.

We can narrow it down to sentient life form.

I have several feet of poetry on my shelves, much of which I've actually read. First picked it up as a pre-teen in the 70s and kept acquiring more even though I don't like it that much. Never did get to go to college. Blue collar and all. I expect I am atypical.

>>8625950
>For example, are doctors more likely to by poetry than engineers (sex ratios aside)?
Pointless study of the year would go to this one

>>8626005
I wouldn't go that far.

>>8626162
You'd really hate Bourdieu, then.

But no. It's not pointless. You yourself just have no use for it.
I myself have no use for a bulldozer.

>>8625950
I'm an engineer who might buy (if it can't be borrowed) poetry; none of the liberal arts people I know even read any poetry. It doesn't matter.

people might be into poetry, but nobody buys it. when i was studying literature i got to hang out with "professional" poets at the writing festivals, and they all had second, third and fourth jobs unrelated to the writing field. because nobody can make a living writing poetry.

there's a reason they're UNACKNOWLEDGED, Shelley.

>>8627797
well, song writers and the authors of ad slogans can make living writing poetry...

>>8625950
I'm a phys/maths major, and I love poetry - always have.

I own collections of Yeats, Tennyson, Basho, Sappho, Catullus, Issa, and others.

I don't know any related data, however.

>>8625950
Film student that knows many people in liberal arts here. Most of them have a sonewhat shallow appreciation for most mediums, in a way. In other words, they don't stick to one medium or don't get into other mediums on an in-depth level.

They might like guys like Godard and Murakami because they're foreign, a bit obscure, and highly fashionable. They might be somewhat knowledgeable on their medium, but that's not much of a compliment.

My point is, not even liberal arts students buy poetry, at least not that much. I do like Baudelaire a lot, though.

>>8627802
>calling those shameful arts "poetry"