I think we will always have the impulse towards visual poetry with us, and I wouldn't agree with Bly that it's a bad thing. It depends on the ability of the individual poet to do it well, and to make a shape which is interesting enough to hold your attention.
I constantly make lists and itineraries and then can't stick to any of them.
My father was the king of the joke-tellers. I was so impressed as a child watching him, holding people in rapt attention.

