Clearly, if you want your work to be praised by the intellectuals, or those who believe themselves to be experts on a style of writing, you might need to write in another level, and in another way, than if you would like to write for the masses. By the way, in case you only want to please yourself, write as you damn well want to a hundred or so years ago, the masses and the intellectuals were much different from one another concerning society, however, in terms of readership, not much different. You almost had to be a bit of an intellectual to enjoy studying, and a bit of an intellectual to enjoy, and practice, writing.
Poetry was, and still is, somewhat different from most other writing, but even it has become more the interest of the common. It is no longer necessary to logically and invisibly bind your passages together in what many would not believe to be the style of a toothpaste jingle writer. Nor, is it de rigueur to spout flow of consciousness motivation shayari into the beat of a bongo drum to be regarded as a poet and a great one at that actually, almost any style, any topic, and any strategy can find its Leaders and followers in the present poetry world. However, regardless of the appearance of lawlessness in the realm of poesy, some absolutes still stay.
The bar of soap in your bathroom can evoke more than just a revenue jingle, but what it arouses will depend on your own beliefs, feelings, dreams, hopes, and expectations many of that should go beyond just getting your hands clean. Writing Great poetry in the 21st century is almost certainly a simpler Task than it was two hundred years back, however by the same token it presents the poet with more rivals for the eye and ear of the reader or listener.
Because of this, many poets go to extreme lengths, as the marketers of a number of different products, to create their poem stick out from the sea of material that the poetry fan of now can choose. If a poet turned into a novelist then they are all the better for it, for we all know that wisdom relates to healing for healing relates to goodness and it matches the scene in health of mind, heart, soul and body of the person involved. You may write poetry when you are quite a poet, you may write a book with freedom of personality you become a part of the book. So wisdom tells the writer where the fine line is drawn and if it dips to its greatest points or dives low in the realms of thought.