Why Is Modern Poetry So Bad

[@micahjones7837]

God it's so refreshing to hear someone actually call out bad art. There's a reason not all art is studied or remembered, and it's because sometimes art is a lot less subjective than we like to tell ourselves

[@andrewpodolio59]

It’s true, but there’s some merit in understanding why crap is crap

[@nobodyofimportance3922]

I've been writing poetry for most of my life, and it is pretty saddening to watch the real-time commodification of poetry (and the arts in general), particularly in the case of sites like instagram. The greatest sin of instagram poetry to me is just the fact that it's so boring and dull. Most of it is obvious and common sense, you don't gain any insights or intrigue from it, and there's no reason to read the same poem twice because all of it is so surface-level. Simplicity is not bad, simplicity is a powerful tool in the hands of the right poet, but there is a difference between a poem being simple and a poem lacking substance. Instagram poetry very often falls under the latter description

[@greeeeennnnn]

ive always wanted to write poetry n whenever i see poets like you, i have to wonder how yall write poetry. how would yall do it? its so interesting to me how it comes with ease to some.

[@nobodyofimportance3922]

@@greeeeennnnn 6 months later, I don't know if this is still pertinent, but I'm going to respond anyway. A couple things come to mind. First of all, what poets do you like? If you know the kind of poets you like, then you can understand on some level what kind of poetry you would want to write. I like Poe, Baudelaire, Swinburne, and Blake, my interest in their work informs what I write about and how I write. Obviously, you shouldn't just be a one to one copy of a poet you like, but there's no issue in drawing influence from their work. Second of all, what things interest you? Poets will write poetry about things that captivate their interest, whether that's death, love, the ocean, nature, dreams, or whatever else. I write about whatever I happen to be interested in at whatever time. In terms of improving your writing, just read poetry and write poetry regularly. But overall, I wouldn't be too concerned at doing poetry 'right', just focus on writing something and you'll get where you want to be with time

[@greeeeennnnn]

@@nobodyofimportance3922 ty for taking your time with ur reply, i rlly appreciate it even if its 6 months later! you dont know how much this means to me

[@srishtysharma]

I know right? The very point of poetry is to make in impact on the reader, in its own subjective way. These ridiculous two-worded 'poems' give no freedom for the reader to actually tailor the words appropriately to their circumstances. It's more like the random thoughts we ALL have from time-to-time, it's just the apparent 'poets' writing them down on A5 paper, and wasting half the pages.

[@anka9405]

NOT YOU QUOTING 'I WRITE SINS NOT TRAGEDIES' LMAO this was excellent! as a writer of poems myself i definitely see all your critiques playing out in tons of modern poems and have always tried to avoid those errors in my own work. toeing the line between mediocre cringe and genuine work is painfully difficult at times! you have a new subscriber :)

[@hansdragoo]

LMAOOO I'm so, so glad you liked it! And thank you for your lovely comment (and for subscribing) :D

[@alicedeligny9240]

It's fortunate that "instagram poetry" is not the only one being writen right now. It does not represent all modern poetry.

[@NaveenKumarErroju]

Hello, i agree and I'm searching for recommendations. Do u have any recommendations? Written in modern days but still they are good poems?

[@alicedeligny9240]

@@NaveenKumarErroju I recommand the poet Topaz Winters, I really like what she does. On the website Poetry Foundation, you can find plenty of recent young poets who are pretty good, who have some recognition for their work.

[@JanaeJohnson96]

THIS!!!!

[@owen_hales]

@@NaveenKumarErrojuI know I’m a little late but ‘poetry circle’ poetry forum is a good place to find poems though there are definitely still bad ones

[@peonylarkspur645]

"what's a woman if not a metaphor" is such a metal line and i'm stealing it (with credit) for my own shitty poetry lmao

[@hansdragoo]

aww this is so flattering and ofc!! go ahead :)

[@robertlevine2827]

@@hansdragoo I take it you don't like Neil Young's song "Like A Hurricane" very much. 😁

[@dellaxrose]

I also think the reason people really connect instagram poetry is that because it’s so short and simple it not only fits with peoples attention spans but it’s also accessible. Most people think poetry has to be long and confusing but this is something that people can read and relate to with no prior knowledge. Awesome video !!

[@anthonywheeler2082]

I just watched Zoe Bee's How to Write Poetry Better video which is probably why I was recommended this video. You two both mention how poetry is all about getting the reader to feel emotions which is something I plan on trying out in my own poetry. Anyway, this was a cool video. Thanks for making it.

[@hansdragoo]

Oh, I love that video and thank you so much! I'm so glad to hear that this video was helpful :)

[@jungwons6756]

same here :0

[@Rhythm_Rev]

not an aspiring poet or anything but i stumbled across this video somehow and was thoroughly impressed by how engaging the video was for such a small creator. Great work.

[@hansdragoo]

thank you so much! :D

[@CarolFlytheAuthor]

Any poems I have put on Insta were ones I was being silly with. My more serious stuff I kind of keep to myself. Great video 😊

[@walkabout16]

In the realm of verse, a question posed, "Why is modern poetry often supposed, To be lacking the magic, the rhyme, the grace, That once defined this hallowed space?" Some say it's a departure from the old, A break from tradition, a story retold, Modern poetry seeks a new way to speak, To capture the essence of the world we seek. In the age of screens and fleeting thought, The pace of life is lightning-hot, Modern poetry must adapt and evolve, To mirror the world it aims to resolve. In brevity and rawness, it may find its voice, In fractured lines and choices of the poet's choice, It dives into emotions, the human strife, In the turbulent waters of contemporary life. But is it bad, this modern rhyme? Or just a shift in the sands of time? For art, like life, must ebb and flow, To find new ways to express, to glow. While some may mourn the days of old, Where rhyme and meter stood bold, Modern poetry's journey is far from done, In the hearts of poets, the battles are won. So let it be, this poetic ride, In the shifting tides, where poets bide, Modern or classic, in words we find, The beauty of thought, the eternal bind.

[@mahekchaudhary7314]

Everything is wanted to say; amazing

[@nicojara1]

"To express the beauty of humanness" yeah that pretty much sums it up, like there's gonna be something tangible/real in the lines to move the Heart and lift the Soul, bc I think what we all want at the end of the day is to feel, to experience sensations. Most of the poems I love were written by ppl who passed away centuries ago, so when I read contemporary poets and get depressed by how bad it is I worry it's a result from some prejudice towards the new. Glad to see I'm not alone on this!

[@jaycee8624]

thank you for this video. i was never much of a writer or even a reader of poems, and i never saw the appeal of poetry--probably because this emerging genre of "instagram poetry" was so prevalent that i had created a stereotype of poetry based off that. it wasn't until i dove into some older, more metaphorical and richer poetry in my literature class that i realized i actually enjoy poetry and literature in general. i recently started writing occasionally, like when a random idea hits me, and i already feel this little voice in my head telling me i'm supposed to write like all these other modern poets and that my work only consists of tedious imitations of 'outdated' poetry. i guess i'm still trying to find my voice, and i'm just glad there are other people who appreciate the deeper and perhaps more archaic types of poetry :)

[@hansdragoo]

I'm so glad this video helped and to read this comment :D. Good luck with your poetry! :)

[@jaycee8624]

@@hansdragoo tysm!!

[@garyhughes3001]

Sorry, late to the party. Love this video, spot on. The bad poetry eventually gets filtered out and the good stuff rises through

[@Swords_and_Feathers]

A little town ballad from a happy village, No one is sad except for the sage, Merrily the children play, Till the end of each day, Too much knowledge torments the soul, It is not necessary to know the wind's role, Feel the wind with your whole being, Just like the village that is singing, The way of the spring ballad, And if you think it is all in your head, Center yourself in your heart, You will find that happy village in you at last ~ Swords and Feathers

[@jazzman2516]

What I find thoroughly pathetic is how many so called ‘professional’ poets these days are incapable of writing about anything other than relationships. Form (or lack thereof) aside, poetry these days is ridiculously repetitive and derivative in its content.

[@metriodshine]

Girl I care far too much. Sometimes a single bad line break makes me want to throw a book against the wall. I think it's important to consider the context of a poem. Instapoetry exists within the context of a scrolled or scrolling timeline of mostly images. Each post only gets a few seconds of consideration if that. A good Instagram needs to convey it's difference from photography or another visual art form then be quickly read and in some way be interpreted within those seconds in order to be appreciated or have more time and attention given to that work. Performance poets are primarily performers in the moment of presenting their work to an audience and secondarily poets. An audience is usually for more appreciative of a good performance with little to no use of poetic techniques within a written or improvised speech than a terribly presented work of meticulously crafted poetic genius.

[@hansdragoo]

Ooh that's a really good point! I never fully considered how important the context is in both forms of poetry. This was a really insightful read :) Also same!! I've given up on reading so much stuff just because the first line is absolutely atrocious lmaoo

[@ejtattersall156]

Why do people have to make big apologies "I don't mean to gatekeep, this is just my opinion?" If everything is poetry, then nothing is poetry. Gardens have a gate for a reason

[@whitemakesright2177]

Hear, hear. Gatekeeping is good. Standards are good. Our world today needs far more gatekeeping. "Live and let live" is pure nihilism.

[@ejtattersall156]

@@whitemakesright2177 When people accuse me of gatekeeping, I'm inclined to say, yes, I am. I can understand being open, but you have to draw a line somewhere. Greatness comes from learning the rules before breaking them.

[@emmelinesprig489]

i’ve been thinking about this topic for a while. i think it’s an important conversation, and this is the first video i’ve seen that acknowledges the gatekeeping, so kudos! definitely appreciate your perspective!

[@hansdragoo]

I'm happy to hear that I could contribute to the conversation about this. Thank you so much for your kind words and support! :)

[@chadcy559]

Ironically, this video is what got me interested in reading poetry, esp classic stuff. Tysm! The way you describe poetry is beautiful

[@Alina-gf6xf]

great video! I think this over saturation of very shallow cliché poetry can be linked to the commodification of culture, a loss of individuality due to ever increasing algorithm-based preferential treatment for everything that is quick and easily digestible as to draw people's attention quickly (& oftentimes make more money). It's kind of a hellish cycle - consumer subjects are formed by the exposure to so much shitty poems/music/movies and consequently seek out and push that kind of standardized mass culture even more. would recommend Adorno/Marcuse's writing on the phenomenon

[@hansdragoo]

that's a really good point and I've never thought of it like that! Also, I'll definitely check out Adorno/Marcuse's writing. And thank you :)

[@toddjacksonpoetry]

A good way to defend against this tendency in one's own poetry is to focus on dramatic poetry - in which, in every line, *something has to happen* - and away from the lyric for a while.

[@TheSupersoot]

Imma keep writing my bad poetry because i don't know how to write the good stuff yet I do like this video, look forward to watching your channel more

[@jackysaurusr3x]

I do love the way you describe poetry and what poetry means to you! When it comes to that, we're pretty much on the same page. Since the art of writing is something very dear to my heart, I couldn't resist sharing my thoughts on what you said (some of which you already mentioned in your video). As a hobby writer & a fan of poetry reaching from classics to instagram content, I think there are some more things to note. As I stated before, I think you are right by calling out the pieces of writing you called out. Compared to other modern poets, putting one sentence into verse is no masterpiece. To me, it seems more like a shortened stream of consciousness - a way to set a scene or put a picture into words. Now, I still think (though the term poetry might not be 100% accurate) forms of art are constantly changing and what we consider "proper" poetry now, might be something no one likes to read in years from now, since it doesn't fit into the fast-living and fast-consuming lifestyle of our population. Instagram poetry does. And as much as I adore reading Bukowski (not the themes, but the writing itself) and wish I was skilled enough to be able to interpret Dickinson, there is something about the accessibility and directness of some modern poetry, that can be truly addicting to gather inspiration. It's kinda the more pretentious form of facebook quotes we read in 2010. What I think is the most important thing to keep in mind within the discussion of what can be considered poetry, is that the meaning of art is something the recipient creates (pretty much what you said talking about the vice article). Imagine a young poet starting to turn journal entries into what they consider poetry and uploading it to social media. You might read it and though the writing is filled with cliché metaphors and seems like it's just 2 sentences put in verse, it still might be something, that moves you, since you feel similar. You just don't have to read between the lines to understand it. I don't wanna imply everything accessible has to be just a sentence written in verse, same as I don't wanna imply a sentence written in verse is to be considered poetry. But (even though the motifs are questionable, and the style is plain) instagram-styled poetry can be the entryway to reading and/or writing more complex poetry over time. Now, one last addition: I think one of the biggest problems I personally have with instagram poetry is the marketing. Atticus for example is marketed as "the modern-day [insert famous poet names here]" which is just completely misleading. Atticus is not supposed to be read like classic poets, but he's marketed as if he had the same class and put on a pedestal he doesn't belong on, because he simply can not compare to classic poets. He doesn't have to, of course. But pretending he does is only just that - pretending.

[@hansdragoo]

this is such an insightful take! Thanks for leaving this comment :)

[@richardelmes984]

your artsy video did not fail. i also love your comment about writing all in lower case. especially with your name is also in lower case. but i especially loved the comment about how can poetry be bad as long as it helps some people. great work!

[@brightkingsley8624]

😅 Someone was just arguing with me yesterday because I said a lot of ‘poems’ we read now are not even poems, they're just sentences. Thank you for breaking this down

[@CBTheCandid]

Underrated. Unbelievably so. Watching this made me hope that MY poems aren’t anything like these ones 😭

[@williamz7011]

I really enjoyed this video. As a long form poet who uses Instagram as a medium (yes that’sa thing lol), I definitely know all the tropes you mentioned. I do want to mention that one of the examples of non poems was written by a parody writer named Thom Young (he's the T Y guy). I also dabble in poetry slams, and you're spot on with the "slam poetry voice". I laughed out loud for a good minute after that. Thanks for the stellar entertainment!

[@hansdragoo]

ah thanks for catching that! I'll make sure to leave a note in the bio about that. Also, I'm glad the "slam poetry voice" bit made you laugh :D

[@yuhhyuhhhyuhhhh]

Seeing the examples of "women being metaphors" honestly made it so clear how people just use line breaks to seem like their sentences are deeper than they truly are. It also ruins the rythm of the poem when you have to pause and scan to the next line to even read the whole poem. Don't get me wrong, line breaks are a great and real way to write your poem, but all those examples just seems to me like they wrote it that way to stretch out a single sentence and call it complete. Everything about instagram poetry screams "I had a tumblr account during my formative years," and I'm not trying to dunk on anyone (I literally still have a tumblr account AND make my own bad poetry) but wasting paper by using unnecessary line breaks to make the pages seem less blank is almost an apt metaphor on how these poems lack so much substance that they take no more than 8 words to complete. It lacks depth, all these poems could be so much better if they just TRIED to delve into these emotions, and truly write about how the experience made them feel without using the same trite clichés of "she was a thunderstorm, and i love the rain" Maybe I'm just being a hater, but commercially pushed modern poetry makes it harder for people to find better poets with more to say. It's become such an oversaturated market. And that's truly what it is, a sterile, bland product meant to sell as much books and waste as much paper on poems that have absolutely nothing interesting to say.

[@ember3117]

2 minutes and 44 seconds in and i already have 30 unrelated questions to ask you….this is gonna be an interesting night/morning

[@thomas.earl.speers]

Thank You SO much for making this video. This topic ruffles my feathers every time I think about out it. Every time I see books on the shelves at Barnes and Noble of this insta poetry drivel. Atticus makes me want to punch myself in the eye for having looked at it. The social media era has destroyed the sanctity of poetry. ...but then also I ask myself, Why is it so popular? It's popular because there's a parallel decline of culture and the general intelligence of the masses. We're getting dumber as a people, and thus the quality of our art is getting dumber. So Atticus is so popular because his juvenile poetry is about all the poetry the people can digest. It is what it is.

[@AnnaMaledonPictureBookAuthor]

Yes, it's frightening to hear how many millions buy this stuff, like this stuff and think captions, tweets, generic statements and two-liners are poetry.

[@MrUndersolo]

Oh I have words on a page with all my heart... Do you dare cut it in ha lf ?

[@samfilmkid]

Putting spaces between words doesn’t automatically make words deep.

[@jgetbusy]

this a nice video, you should make more!

[@JaimeNiquette]

Thank you for this video! Love that you included the study that was done...that's hilarious that it gained so much popularity when it was TRYING to be bad lol It can be so discouraging trying to share poetry on social media when there's so much junk

[@alaskabane5340]

this is definitely what I have been feeling for quite a while but couldn't find the words to express what exactly was wrong. I am just an amateur writer and have written poetry on accident (I still don't quite get where I get some of my lines from cause unlike story telling it's such a different process) but almost all the Instagram poetry felt like a pretty one liner rather than something with a even a little weight. We as humans always desired complex things in a simple way, Instagram poets seem to put simple things in a simpler way with a few saccharine words thrown in. I think the reason it works is cause certain words have a little moods attached to it along with the vibe of the background photo. Like people who hear storm immediately think of rain or something dark and rainy out of a movie, people who hear 'badass' have this image of a biker chick in black. Wild is associated with nature and soul is something ethereal and hence those images together seems to grab people. There is also a reason this kind of poetry is heavily admired by amateurs since they have a vivid imagination and with just few words can think of entire scenarios (not to say other people can't admire this kind of "poetry", but I have seen this way too often)

[@rievans57]

There is a market for cheap cars, cheap shoes, cheap clothes, cheap food, and now cheap poetry.

[@elasticharmony]

Someone actually thinking about this, a miracle.

[@carbonc6065]

This is great ... FINALLY ... Refreshing, the Truth, Hilarity, Honesty, ETC ... Thank you for posting this video!

[@Caterpillarnook]

I’m going to proudly say that I was here first went your channel was smaller in a few years when it is popular. Great analysis. I love writing poetry and get angry at bad poetry, thank you

[@hansdragoo]

aah this made me smile so wide!! Thank you so much

[@danielracovitan9779]

yeq, those instagram poetry examples are really bad poetry, trite and commonplace

[@adomania8109]

ahfdjhf this was SO good dude i laughed so hard and i agree w so much of what you said!!!! i have a whole essay within me about how the decline of long-form embellished poetry in favor of shorter insta poems is like. a capitalism thing (bc lets face it what ISNT a capitalism thing these days lmao) and the section where you spoke ab the journalist trying to write bad poetry on purpose and it working was!!!! yeah!!!! YEAH!! moral of the story is i loved this a lot :)

[@hansdragoo]

ahh thank you so much!!! this comment makes me so happy and I never thought about the capitalism connection but it makes so much sense!!! so glad you loved this :'D

[@EricaLaurenx3]

Thank you thank you thank you!!! I AM a poet, a real poet, not an Instagram poet, and I followed a few Instagram poetry accounts looking for inspiration or ya know, be with a community.... and I kept screaming at my phone "That's a Sentence with Random Line Breaks, it's NOT a POEM!!!... It drives me absolutely insane! I wrote a "poem" about it. poetry is many beautiful things, but a sentence with random line breaks is not a poem. I'm so angered by this but I just hope that my poetry will blow this crap out of the water and be a diamond in the rough. Hope my book sells huge. lol

[@hansdragoo]

Haha I love the "poem" and good luck with your book :)

[@englishwithmoin]

I completely agree with you.

[@phychomaniac26]

Where are all your views? Seriously you should have way more subscribers. Great video!

[@srishtysharma]

This and the apparent 'modern American poetry'. They suck big-time. The instapoets use simple words, but the jargon in the american ones are crazy! I thought it had substance previously untkl I tried writing one for a magazine. Had to honestly just collect a bunch of unpopular words, piece them together especially when they make zero sense, and call it a day. One poem of mine was actually accepted and I find that absurd lol.

[@joncollins7129]

It's kinda tiring hearing people say "this is bad poetry but thats just like my opinion". Quit being afraid of other people and just say what you mean.

[@fierypickles4450]

The verbal footprint of the human condition, for us to uncover and experience what someone felt

[@Fromtheforgottengardens]

Poem for me whether it be one line or multiple, should convey deep thoughts or feelings, and trying to convey something to fit some aesthetics

[@therongertz3570]

lol, very good video. I personally didn't like any of the suggested writing topics, but I think you make good points about some of the more trite poems out there. Your channel seems criminally under-viewed, considering your passion/involved speaking on this topic. I hope you'll keep it up.

[@noheroespublishing1907]

Poetry has suffered from its incarceration in Academia for too long; that and Free Verse being misunderstood as "anybody can do poetry, because there is no actual standards" kind of thinking.

[@eemann4989]

most of these feel like tweets with bad line breaks, where the writer feels as though they have made some profound point, but it's some cliche crap we've all heard before.

[@anzanzizi]

I thoroughly enjoyed your reenactment of *that* poetry voice 😂

[@trevincutinho]

I've been writing poetry for a while. And I moved to writing poems on Instagram thinking "poems" would be read as they should. But I realized pretty early that the attention span of readers is so short that they are not willing to spend more than 5 seconds on your poem. I guess that could be the justification for bad modern poetry. I've been experimenting with various poetry styles on my account. Some good, some intentionally and unintentionally bad and some that could be classified as cringe. The consumption and feedback on the 2 liners was almost 2 or 3 times that of conventional poetry that needed time to decipher. We're forced to adapt and be versatile, whilst not compromising on the poem itself and that's hard. Having said that, experiencing life and all that it has in store for you always makes for a great read, irrespective of what the engagement rates are telling you.

[@travellersoul8315]

I too write, wouldn't call myself a full-fledged poet as well, but I completely agree with you. People have thrown the art out of the window and settled with whatsapp status in the name of modernity.

[@BardicAugustaScotia]

“She was music but his ears were cut off” made me YOWWWWLLLL😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@zaclovesschool2273]

my skull amost rolled out of my head reading some of those.

[@virileessence8122]

Instapoetry is to poetry, what mumble rap is to hip hop...

[@C4GeneralF]

I think mumble rap is a far greater art movement tbh

[@virileessence8122]

@@C4GeneralF I agree

[@virileessence8122]

@The_Sovereign_Word I'm not saying it's bad. I'm saying it is a niche of a genre which is propelled by marketing to teenagers and lacks the ingenuity and depth that the overall genre is known for.

[@KeymonCosta]

oh yes

[@Ismael-kc3ry]

You listen to Hopsin, don’t you?

[@xaylink2221]

I'm sure a toddler can write better poetry My dog Stepped On a Bee

[@AnnaMaledonPictureBookAuthor]

Yes, my 2-year-old sister did many years ago. "A spider is a circle with legs like a sun." Add a few line breaks and there is a poem.

[@fromsaturn_03]

I'm not simply saying some poets are all bad nowadays, but then again I couldn't agree less to this but then again poets back in the days are truly something. Something that people are so romantic and makes poets sounds like they can take you into another dimension (exaggerated but yes)

[@alaminalhassan123]

Someone had to say it.

[@omarmukhainii]

I am glad that I was not alone in observing this phenomenon. While it is great that more people are getting exposed to poetry; therefore, gaining interest in poetry, it is vital to not sway from the art of writing beautiful poetry. Although it is worth noting that "beautiful" in this case is subjective. The move from complex imagery in poetry to simple and relatable poetry is what mainstream media seems to be heading.

[@mountainred9936]

I don’t like modern poetry it’s strips the expression from the thoughts. An idea with no I or you or me feels empty, maybe people are empty.😢

[@PeoplecallmeLucifer]

10:05 I disagree. You can have a short precise poem about everything and anything..... but Instagram poetry is In my opinion same as AAA gaming at this point. they have a formula that keeps getting money/likes and they won't change it to save their lives. And people are gonna rave about how bad it is ... "but the one I read to is the least bad one"

[@hansdragoo]

ahh interesting take and I definitely see your point. Thanks for commenting!

[@IndianExMuslim99]

Her : Tell me about love, beauty and life. Edger Alan Poe : Hold my dead raven.

[@yuhhyuhhhyuhhhh]

5:14 "she was music, but he had his ears cut off" could've been a tweet and it would have been funnier that way, it's so unintentionally hilarious but the context of it being poetry ruins it.

[@JuanPabloSebastian19]

not me clicking on the video thinking it was rupi kaur on the thumbnail LMAOO

[@PeoplecallmeLucifer]

In my opinnion, I see no point in 90% of Instagram poetry. I am not gonna say it's not poetry, but I personally thing it's low effort cookie cutter or someone who is writing for the very first time.

[@sirinebehloul4799]

It seems to me that you don't have a poet mindset. I believe that poetry is not meant to be perfect, it is a beautiful way of self expression, and what you might consider bad or absurd can actually resonate with a reader. You are in not in a position that allows you to judge anyone's poetry.

[@PeoplecallmeLucifer]

@@sirinebehloul4799 fair. I should have preffised that thats' my opinion. if someone likes it. more power to them ... but I just don't

[@classygreydove8105]

As someone who has been struggling to build a social media platform for years in order to have a better chance with publishers, this insta poetry is not it 😭 i kinda hate the popularity contest going on in the publishing industry right now, and i also hate that the poem has to make no sense in order to receive recognition from organizations like poetry foundation.

[@NothingHumanisAlientoMe]

I, drank up every one, every little drop, An empty cup Was I the empty cup? All circumstance, that hurled too many untouched horizons into guts, gutted Now, tranquil, a gutter cry What do lips like that feel like on mine in moonlight I gift myself an ending, a great ending, I am my own finality. If I wasn't alive in her mind, I was dead and lost in mine. Happy days, nonetheless.

[@BigBoss-lu9lo]

I have an Instagram poetry account, and I HATE the whole one sentence poem thing people do, which I feel like rupi Kaur kinda started

[@NC-dw1ir]

yea, I've been struggling for awhile with this bc I try so hard to write poetry that is unique to me and my experiences but bc it rhymes, no one is interested. So I'll try changing my style to be shallow and pretentious and free verse and let you know how it goes.

[@heyjessee]

"wait this sounds familiar do i know this poetry?" and it was panic at the disco lmfao

[@TheSteinmetzen]

Yup! Thank you! ❤

[@wordscapes5690]

HOOORAY!!!! Someone finally said it!!!

[@oztenn]

this video is so good u need more subscribers

[@ember3117]

I feel like the script for this video was poem by you called Gate Keeping. Btw I’m not going to list all 30 (37 now) unrelated questions. I’m a look at all or enough content to see if maybe you answered the question in other videos. And whatever’s left, yea I’ll send yea

[@raggedyanarchist]

Is that bee-sentence-in-a-poetry-voice a famous poem? I swear I've heard it at an open mic.

[@karlmarxjr7049]

Tumblr has been the biggest blight on the world of poetry ever

[@Monbloomoon]

Enjoyed your video! Felt it

[@Monbloomoon]

And your poetry is beautiful

[@teylawhite687]

Are you sure the "she was music" one isn't just a parody of "she was poetry but he couldn't read?" Because that's exactly what it feels like

[@poetsgardenofficial]

Actually, this is so on point.

[@liltick102]

The bee thing is mistaking metonym for revelation which is equally annoying

[@malikabellounis9758]

Thank you ❤

[@kreakrew]

Listen you're like right and all but also like I feel like art is simply not Meant to be good ya know like I can't express this thought very well but art shouldn't have to be Good

[@kreakrew]

But like !!! Good video

[@hansdragoo]

@@kreakrew Thank you :) and you have a very good point! Art shouldn't have to be good, since it's just art and can remain as a form of expression. It's also so subjective, it can be hard to point out if it's objectively good or bad. I think I tried to mention that in the video, but I'll make sure to stress on that a little more if I ever make a video like this again. Also, thanks for your support :D

[@Pippins666]

Thank God for Kipling and Hardy!

[@charlobetty1543]

Major speech vibes from the "poetry voice" section

[@Mjpa7860]

aww. this is sad. im posting my poems on instagram, i only have a hundred followers. i think if it's easier to grasp, people flock on them. readers don't want to dive deep through the words.

[@LittleLandmarks]

My absolute bug bear as someone who actually writes poetry

[@danielkibira4064]

Thanx 💯 I particularly liked The 🐝 Bee poem. It's an allegory about Bee~ Be~ Being. And what a convenient little Metaphor in the so called insignificant little "It" . Because Art always finds a life of its own beyond the Creator of the art. My Wise Teacher told me " Once you put your creation out there before the world you can never correct it, it's too late, neither can you explain it. The writer never tells his readers "No, no, no! 😱That's not what I meant."😖 An Index augmented or appended perhaps; but novels don't come with commentaries from the same, or else that's a bàd novel. The Audience are the True Owners of your Creation. The artist who wants to really own his art keeps it to himself away from the public. Where's the fun in that.

[@13krava]

I would agree with you about the topics of poems. The beauty of being a human being and so on. I would however add that today poetry (as many other art forms) has somewhat lost the importance of skill and practice. You need inspiration of course, but you also need profficiency in the “ars” to express that inspiration. Great video btw, cheers from Croatia

[@Work_in_progress88]

A friend took me to see Rupi Kaur and she was the worst! I blame her for instagram poetry!

[@AlexanderLaurence]

Name some names please?

[@blackfeatherstill348]

The title says modern not mainstream. Anyway... I'm still listening.

[@h.p.lovecraft6904]

you are cute enough to write a love poem

[@tonyrobles9755]

Great video

[@AnnaMaledonPictureBookAuthor]

Here is my noem. Noem is not a poem, it just pretends to be. My own invention and definition. So here it is: Poem is in the head of pen holder -just in case you didn't learn in school what a poem is

[@utuk3333]

This video is awesome.

[@wachyfanning]

Good video. Insightful, absolutely true. But be more confident. I clicked on the video as I am interested in poetry. You don't need to discredit yourself by commenting on how niche the topic is and how few people are going to care about it. Even if it's niche, there's bound to be a ton of people interested in it, like myself, on the internet. Also, it's poetry - that's not niche, and it's actually rather important. I see this is an older video, and perhaps you learned to be more confident in your interests and assertive about your positions since then.

[@ernestschultz5065]

Bad poetry is nothing new. There has always been bad poetry.

[@whitemakesright2177]

Modern poets never learned the wisdom of Picasso: that you must know the rules like a pro before you can break them like an artist. Modern poets don't know any of the rules. They don't know jack shit about rhyme or meter. It's prose with line breaks. This is why Ezra Pound, TS Eliot, and their contemporaries are fantastic, and everything after them (with a few exceptions) is terrible. They were the last generation to actually understand rhyme and meter, and to use them skillfully, unlike modern poets, who by and large have no stylistic skill. Add to this the prevailing nihilism of our age, and you get poetry that is banal, ugly, uninspired, and uninspiring. The same is true of modern visual art. Very few artists today can draw, paint, or sculpt with any level of mastery, so their art is inherently limited. It also has the same problem with nihilism and uninspired, banal junk that results. Music seems to be the only domain where technical skill is still emphasized.

[@izzy3005]

the real answer is because all the good poets are called "rappers" nowadays

[@pinkdragon4830]

I don’t know about rap lyrics, but a lot of metal bands have very poetic lyrics. Some verses from Lorna Shore’s ‘To the hellfire’ for example could be part of an actual poem