T/S: Poetry vs. Spoken Word

In considering this nonsensical question, it is U&K to understand that mediocre poetry exists in uncountable quantities. The worst "poetry" ever written is so awkward, so vapid, so unrelentingly bad that it makes the worst "spoken word" performance look like Homeric brilliance. Next, you must understand that this fact, no matter how you slice it, is devoid of meaning.