To Blank Verse or Not to Blank Verse

After meeting with an author about his blank verse story, we've come down on the side of pragmatism, I think. Although the idea of a classically told, blank verse story is extremely appealing (at least to me), we think that shelving considerations (where a bookstore/library would shelve a book) may force him back into the prose market. Poetry is just not all that sought-after. And it's even worse in the children's market. Just check out the children's poetry section in a large chain bookstore to see what I mean. His book would be relegated to the far reaches of the store on a single shelf of pristine (read "never been cracked") books of poetry. He's waiting to see what his publisher says about the matter. Perhaps if the publisher shows interest, he'll go for it.