Jennifer SilverbergNewman​1. A bar is actually the poet's natural habitat. Dylan Thomas loved bars so much, he died in one.2. If poetry is meant to be read aloud, can we agree it sounds exponentially better shouted over a jukebox or the house band?3. The food in bars is a hell of a lot better than most of the shit they serve you at readings in university lecture halls. (Drawback: At bars, they usually make you pay for your own food.)4. Ditto the alcohol.5. Poets describe things better than
