12-21-2018, 02:26 PM
'Tis sad. What is the Instagram for poetry today was probably the Hallmark of yesterday. Maybe? Not sure about such things.
I just find it really tragic that the internet can be used to expose those who are not detected by the mainstream's radar, but I think the thing about the mainstream is that it probably always will detect what is quick and easy for the masses to consume. Who would want to look at poetry describing all the nuances of meaning to something ordinary? Yuck. But that other poem... that canvas backdrop tho... and that font... so aesthetically pleasing...
I find it awesome that you bother. I bother too. A lot more people should probably bother. I want poetry to garner the audience like movies do and music does. Is it bad to want that? I question myself a lot on this forum because you guys are critics and can be critical, which is great, but I don't feel free to say whatever I want. And that fault's perhaps on my end, but I digress.
I feel like words should be instagrammable and the mainstream should be changed for poetry. Something anecdotal: A lot of people that I follow on twitter realize this... like they can tell Rupi Kaur is a bad poet, yet they understand her appeal, and yet they don't read or write poetry. "Good poetry" shouldn't be as obscure as it is today.
I just find it really tragic that the internet can be used to expose those who are not detected by the mainstream's radar, but I think the thing about the mainstream is that it probably always will detect what is quick and easy for the masses to consume. Who would want to look at poetry describing all the nuances of meaning to something ordinary? Yuck. But that other poem... that canvas backdrop tho... and that font... so aesthetically pleasing...
I find it awesome that you bother. I bother too. A lot more people should probably bother. I want poetry to garner the audience like movies do and music does. Is it bad to want that? I question myself a lot on this forum because you guys are critics and can be critical, which is great, but I don't feel free to say whatever I want. And that fault's perhaps on my end, but I digress.
I feel like words should be instagrammable and the mainstream should be changed for poetry. Something anecdotal: A lot of people that I follow on twitter realize this... like they can tell Rupi Kaur is a bad poet, yet they understand her appeal, and yet they don't read or write poetry. "Good poetry" shouldn't be as obscure as it is today.