This is an idea I've battled with for the last few months of writing poetry. Does poetry have to have a greater meaning or purpose? Does it need to be deep, introspective or even moralistic? I always think about this in reference to nonsense poems where there isn't more to the poem than just enjoying the rhyme or rhythm or nonsense of it and how you don't see too much of it anymore (though if it is there please direct me). Loads of poems delve into sociopolitical issues, gender, sexuality, race all very important issues that NEED to be spoken about and it always makes me wonder if I should maybe write more on those subjects. I just haven't found a genuine way to do that. I'm wondering if anyone has had the same sort of experience or your relationships with poetry and how you view it. My justification is that if you look at tonnes of art there isn't as much of a push for artist to create meaningful, introspective or moralistic art (well not on online spaces for the most part. There were definitely periods in art history where religious art with themes supporting biblical teachings was championed and nowadays art delves into the topics I listed in the second paragraph). Tonnes of art is pretty for pretty's sake so does poetry have to be any different?