Why do you think some writers choose to write poetry rather than fiction or nonfiction?

Poetry is condensed thought, and therefore

needs more perseverance for thoughts to process. Poetry also has to

obey strict rules of rhythm, rhyme and metre and has to adhere to

form, and therefore it is more strenuous to create poetry. Due to

these reasons authors in the past seldom chose poetry over prose.

For them, writing prose was easier. Now times have changed,

literary critics have softened, and people have unilaterally and

liberally abandoned metrical form in poetry. So, anyone can write

poetry. It is now even taken for granted that poetry does not need

not only metrical form but punctuation, capitalization, etc, also.

So, writing poetry has now been made easy by insolent writers who

care for no rules. Accordingly, inferior authors have begun to

choose poetry over prose. This does not apply to those born with

genuine talent in writing poetry and follow rules of metrical form

which they do not find difficult to follow.