Canonization is disheartening. I realize that it's inevitable, but seeing potential slip away, even for the sake of continuity (and the inevitable criticism).
Revisiting the touchstone of old media, I've come to understand the free-verse movement as an attempt to deconstruct the poetic canon, only to re-construct a (in my opinion) much less satisfactory canon that "throws the baby out with the bathwater". I'm afraid (and certain) that this will develop with New Media; it's often disenchanting to work within strictures that define viability. Devaluation of R&D.