Skepticism Social Media Poetry

Module 2 Discussion 4: Skepticism in social media poetry Social Media has been giving artists more variable ways to connect to the audiences. Many of them had become social media celebrities overnight. Young Poet, Rupi Kaur, who gained her fame by posting verses and simple illustrations on Instagram and became to New York Times Bestseller. Social Media is not the privilege for young poets, many veteran poets like Billy Collins are also using Social Media, like Twitter and Facebook to publish their newest works. Also, some poets has been raised criticisms about these social media “pop poets”, because their works often has lack of depths. Read these three articles and share about your own experience about how do you see Social Media have …show more content…
(n.d.). Retrieved October 16, 2017, from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shock value Discussion 6: Every poem is a radical poem. This is the last discussion of our class. I believe radical poetry is not just an art form can be used at protests and rallies, can also be applied at daily life as well. Yesterday’s radical could be today’s normal. Today’ normal could be tomorrow's radical. The word “radical” is hyperbole, just like the word “holy”. As Allen Ginsburg writes, “The world is holy! The soul is holy! The skin is holy! The nose is holy! The tongue and cock and hand and asshole holy!” I believe being a radical poet is holy as well. Pick one “normal” poem(could be yours) with “radical potential” and share with us. Submit your post and respond to two others. Assignment 2 Many radical poets are known for their “low subjects”. They writes things nobody want to write about. Allen Ginsburg wrote about sodomy. Lawrence Ferlinghetti writes about underwear. Charles Bukowski wrote about vomit. Rupi Kaur writes about period blood. Write a poem about a “low subject”. Submit your work and write one short critiques to respond one of your