Quote by Russell Baker
I gave up on new poetry myself thirty years ago, when most of it began to read like coded messages passing between lonely aliens on a hostile world.
Summary
This quote expresses the speaker's personal frustration and disillusionment with contemporary poetry. After reaching a point of dismissiveness, the speaker stopped engaging with new poetry approximately three decades ago. The simile used adds a vivid image, depicting the poetry as cryptic and isolating, similar to encrypted communication among extraterrestrial beings on an unfriendly planet. This quote suggests that the speaker finds the current state of poetry unappealing and disconnected from their own understanding or enjoyment.
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