This seminar will explore the impasse Hebrew poetry has reached in the 1970 and 1980s. Following various cultural and political developments, poetry was rendered minor while other literary genres (mainly the novel) were gaining centrality.  Although this period witnessed the rise of powerful poets, very few of them have gained canonical status. This change is clearly reflected in the historiography of Hebrew poetry which usually "halts" in the 1970s and 1980s. "Who Killed Poetry" will address the reasons behind poetry's diminished status. We will read various poets who became relatively prominent in the 1970s and 1980s such as Aharon Shabtai, Harold Schimel, Hezy Leskly, Rachel Halfi, Hedva Harechavi. We will sketch out a cartography of the poetic trends, journals and coteries that emerged during this period in order to understand the crisis of the lyric poem.