how poets bug me 

not all poets
but a lot
don't write
the way they want
their work read 

take the new
US
poet laureate
philip levine 

read
one of his
best-known pieces
what work is 

then
listen to him read it 

it's not
the same 

you can't read it
the way he reads it 

why? 

because he's a great poet?
because he's a great reader? 

no 

not because of
how good he is
but
because of
line breaks 

he doesn't always
break lines
the way he reads them
so when you read
what you see
you get it
wrong 

too many poets
do that 

simple
as that