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Publication: The Georgia State University, , Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
Illustration by Myah Anglin | The Signal
Do you remember a time when you could write without a second thought? Your goal wasn’t to follow a style of formatting, get a grade on your perceived proficiency or abide by socially acceptable ideas. You wrote from the heart, no matter how much reading your thoughts later would make your skin crawl.
As an art form, poetry has become the butt of jokes in recent years, often called “cringeworthy” for its content. The phrase “I’m 14 and this is deep” is believed to have originated from criticizing poetry shared on social networks like Facebook and Instagram.
The once-popular poetry collection, “Milk and Honey” by Rupi Kaur, once acclaimed as a “must-have poetry collection about healing and hope,” has now fallen into heavy criticism for its simplicity. Critics condescendingly refer to Kaur’s poetic style as “Instagram poetry,” something created only to...