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writtenbyaloner · 7 months

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I often think about how the moon connects people. Two hearts, hundreds, no, thousands of kilometers apart, bypassing boundaries, distance, and time, gazing upon the same moon.

– Abdulsamad S. M.

#poetic #poetry #poets on tumblr #writers #writers on tumblr #writing #poetsofig #writers and poets #writingcommunity #books & libraries #tumblr poems #tumblr poetry #instagram poetry #dark aesthetic

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lexiandliterature · 9 days

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let's talk about rupi kaur and why she's everything wrong with online culture.

i've heard many a good review about rupi kaur and her poetry and i will tell you right now that i confidently disagree. in case you don't know who she is, rupi kaur is a "poet" on instagram with over 4.5 million followers known for her short but impactful poems that captivate the hearts of millions of people around the world.

her rise to fame caught the tidal wave of internet virality as she self published her first collection, Milk & Honey, earning critical acclaim. I like to call it milk our money but i'll get to that in another post.

let's first define poetry for what it is. though this definition can depend on who you ask, i like to think of poetry in four main categories: theme, meter, form, and intention. theme is just the general topic of the poem and the way the poet goes about addressing it. meter is the rhythm and rhyme pattern; it's the way it sounds when you read it aloud and the way that sound hits your ear. form is the way it looks, the way it reads, how that affects the way you say it and the way the words are perceived. and finally let's talk about intention. how is she choosing her words, how is she placing them in an order that is interesting, and how is she using literary devices to aid her story?

(if you want to see these categories done well, then it will have to be a whole different post because this could take awhile.)

so let's talk about rupi kaur's poetry in these four categories starting with this 2 LINE POEM that doesn't have a title.

"and here you are living despite it all"

-rupi kaur

wow. inspirational. 2 lines, with no punctuation whatsoever. this isn't even a sentence. we're off to a great start.

so theme. this poem is about overcoming something difficult. what difficulty? i could not tell you. there is no more information. at least she has an idea. the "you" is likely addressing the readers, thus suggesting that the purpose of the line being so general is to appeal to everyone (this is another issue i'll get into some other time).

let's talk about meter now. there's really nothing to say, there is none. there is no rhythm, no rhyme scheme, no nothing. and i'm not saying every poem has to have these things, it's just to say that if she doesn't have this, her poem needs to be interesting in other ways (which spoiler alert it isn't).

now let's talk about form. she breaks this "not sentence" into two lines. this enjambment is random and without thought. there is nothing interesting about separating this sentence other than for aesthetic purposes. nothing about the shape of this poem is interesting and nothing about it has meaning.

and finally, let's talk about intention. she uses "you" to appeal to a wider audience which suggests that this poem is more likely written to be relatable than to be sincere. is the "you" talking about a friend? a lover? a sibling? a friend/lover that's a sibling? (im just kidding) like come one. give us nothing. the ambiguity of "all" has a similar connotation. what is she overcoming? a cold? the death of a loved one? spilled milk? what is it? i shouldn't have to give meaning to the poem FOR HER. THIS IS HER POEM.

so if we're grading this out of 4 points, we'll give her a point for theme (because at least i know what she's talking about), no points for meter, no points for form, and certainly no points for intention.

this poem is a 1/4 or a 25%. congratulations rupi!

if this is the standard at which we are holding one of the most POPULAR poets of our generation because her poetry is accessible, easy to read, and relatable, then we are in a bit of trouble.

taking time to understand why the words are put in a certain order is what makes poetry so beautiful and if we can't even stop to sniff the roses sometime, what are we even doing? nothing in life is easy, and we are slowly diluting everything difficult into something that is meaningless. part of the beauty is in the time you put into understanding its message. rupi kaur is a perfect example of someone marketing off of our short attention spans and our need for instant gratification.

what i'm getting at here is not that a poet i dont like is extremely popular but rather we're letting people profit off of mediocrity while also losing the essence of what that thing really is. we're letting it become easy and accessible and "relatable" when part of the beauty is often what makes it different. it's not that rupi kaur is the problem but rather an example of the ongoing issue.

thank you for coming to my ted talk.

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i-am-just-a-girli · 6 months

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Their Second Choice

I hate being the second choice

I always am

I'm kind of pretty

But I'm not that kind of pretty

The one that boys look at photos of

I'm not a "look at her photos" Kind of girl

Not to boys

I'm just another girl they think is kind of cute

I'm just their second choice

And it just feels bad

Because,

This idea that he could never like me the most of any girl

I will never be his "most"

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By:- @raeganspoetry on Instagram

#poetry #spilled poetry #spilled ink #poem #poetrycommunity #writing #spoken word #spoken word poetry #spoken poetry #second choice #pretty #insecure #Instagram poetry #raeganspoetry #someone in the comment box of the reel wrote #you're the first choice to the right person #and that was so cute & true 💕

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munarloth · 3 months

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An Incomplete List Of Platonic Soulmates, Molly Burford

#poetry #intimacy #internet poetry #instagram poetry #molly burford #i'm posting this myself bc the other post i saw of it was an unattributed and cut-off screenshot that linked to a stolen instagram post

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dilf-phoenix-rights · 1 year

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Unpopular opinion but I kind of hate posts making fun of “instagram poetry.”

Like I get that the people making them are thinking about soulless marketing or whatever, but I feel like assuming the thoughts and intentions put into a poem are inherently fake just because it’s short and poorly written (in your opinion) is a big oversimplification.

I just knew kids in high school who had/still have poetry accounts that had some poems that could fall under the “instagram poetry,” definition and like, they weren’t getting book deals or even a lot of attention, they were just expressing themselves. And yeah, maybe they were doing so in a simplistic style that’s gotten semi-popular, but like… so what?

I’m not saying you have to like that type of poetry by any means, just that maybe your frustration should be pointed more towards the media industries only promoting whatever they think is the safest bet, and less at the artists themselves and the people that enjoy their work.

#poetry #instagram poetry #I’m not an expert on the industry or on poetry #yeah yeah it’s your god given right to be a hater #I just think the idea that viewing ‘bad’ and ‘lazy’ art as inherently shallow or valueless kills more art than it inspires #if something shouldn’t be shared unless its a brilliant masterpiece than people just won’t share things #and they won’t get any encouragement or constructive criticism and they’ll feel stagnant and give up

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ehwhocaresnotshakespeareihope · 22 days

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I vividly recall the blue in your eyes, hidden behind the dark brown with black freckles , disguised and a lil overlapped with faint memories that you so desperately were trying to hold on to but they seemed to be slipping away. However I also remember seeing the green behind those brown, every time you saw people having what you wanted with such anguish. And how can I forget the red , so much red mixed with blue to make the most delicate shade of violet. Violet that reminded me of tender lavender fields, me running across it hoping to find you. They say “The eyes , they never lie” I never believed the phrase because I saw you lie through them with such elegance for a moment even I believed it was real, the love , the rage, the grief and most importantly the hope, the hope that maybe in the end it will work out.

#book quotes #literature #libraries #poetry #dark academia #love poem #puns #love #novel quotes #pinterest #the eyes they never lie #Instagram poetry #Instagram #poets on Tumblr #I wish I caught the lie before I decided to believe it with my soul #aesthetic

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academiclolita · 1 year

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wh3nd01want1t · 10 months

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violenttradwife on Instagram

#instagram poetry #i want control #violenttradwife

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kairos-thehumanpoet · 2 years

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My Love 🫀

i told him

"i wish i could

give you the world."

(and i meant,

i wish i could

give you everything

you've ever desired and more.)

and he smiled,

pressed his lips

to my forehead

and said, "My love,

you already have."

~kairos 💛

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sophieeeikli · 10 months

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Hi everyone! Apologies the lack of posts, I have had a month of exam studying and have also been determined not to let my love for essay writing be rotted by the work mentality. I do this unpaid, purely for my own joy.

Please enjoy Push Me Closer: Meditations on the Phenomenon of YouTube Spoken Word Poetry, where I discuss the legacy of the poet Savannah Brown, as well as newcomer Dakota Warren, and what they mean for the digital landscape.

#poetry #essay #spilled ink #dakota warren #savannah brown #youtube #instagram poetry #writing #my writing #my essays #sophie e eikli

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writtenbyaloner · 8 months

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The more effort I made to learn, the less hollow I felt as a person. Truly, knowledge nourishes the soul like food nourishes the body.

– Abdulsamad S. M.

#poetic #poetry #poets on tumblr #writers #writers on tumblr #writing #poetsofig #writers and poets #writingcommunity #books & libraries #tumblr poems #tumblr poetry #tumblr poet society #instagram poetry #dark acadamia aesthetic #dark academia #knowledge

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lexiandliterature · 9 days

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Hot take on Kaur, I'm glad to see someone else is awake.

i'm genuinely surprised that more people aren't talking about this but i guess i will.

i'll first preface this with the fact that i understand why people like this kind of "poetry." it's accessible, it's easy to understand, and most importantly, its relatable. but is that what poetry is? i'm not sure, you tell me. more importantly, is that what poetry's become? if it is, it's quite sad.

the way i think about instagram poetry is that someone had an idea, found a few nice words that went with said good idea, and then... gave up writing the rest of the poem. they then proceeded to click enter a few times to make it appeal to the eye and draw some line art that is vaguely related to the poem but would be more impactful IF THE POEM WAS ACTUALLY FINISHED. a lot of the lines kaur writes are not that bad, sometimes they pack a punch and if they were with an actual fleshed out poem, i don't think it would be so bad.

my main issues with here are that:

her writing screams lazy and i personally don't believe she can classify this as poetry. there is no fleshed out effort and certainly no intention. if you asked me to identify what exactly makes her writing unique i would say the brevity, which isn't so much a writing style as it is just a pure lack of care.

something i will get into in a later post, is the fact that she's marketing blank pages. she is profiting off of having 2 words on a page, a tiny drawing of something and then nothing on the rest of the page. let that sink in. she is making money off of her relatable content that can't even comprise one page of work. i am so certain that if you tried to jam all of her work on to a page, you would be able to fit most of it onto like 3 pages maximum.

the irony of all of this is that this 2-3 line work of i don't even know what is likely PLAGIARIZED. that's right. she stole someone else's work to shorten it into this abomination. i have no words.