>>Not to mention all the really dreadful angsty teenage poetry that so many of us seem to write (I know I did ;p) - which, even if (thankfully) never shown to anyone, matters. It's processing!<<

There are, of course, many reasons to write poetry, some of which are purely personal. Any of them can have an effect. I was just focusing on "matter" in a social context based on the seed article linked in the original pitch for this week.

>>part of A Litany for Survival now lives in the back of my brain - to remind me, when I start thinking it would be easier to give up and keep my mouth shut, that it is better to speak.<<

Sooth. In this regard, any poem a person reads can matter.