StarFollowed
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I find that commercial poetry (like Rupi Kaur and Sin, and Amanda Lovelace, etc.) has become popular not for moving, breathing words, but for its’ simplicity and “relatabilityâ€, as in the feeling of “anyone could write this.†While I’m not discreaditing the painful experiences the authors have been through, I find that we need to call these people writers and not poets, since what these writers are writing is not poetry, rather, they are tumblr quotes that anyone can reblog. “Insta-poets†have abused the platform of social media to turn poetry, a great art many will never be able to master, into a cliched, overhyped outlet.
For instance, Rupi Kaur has taken poetry workshops, and asked her teachers how to publish her work and they told her. She submitted her work and got a lot of rejections. Instead of letting those rejections fuel her to improve on her craft, she arrogantly believed that she was not being published because of her race, not for her poor quality of work.
So she self-published until she became picked-up by a publishing house.
This
Is. Not.
Poetry, okay?
For instance, Rupi Kaur has taken poetry workshops, and asked her teachers how to publish her work and they told her. She submitted her work and got a lot of rejections. Instead of letting those rejections fuel her to improve on her craft, she arrogantly believed that she was not being published because of her race, not for her poor quality of work.
So she self-published until she became picked-up by a publishing house.
This
Is. Not.
Poetry, okay?
