too many people
glorify
milk and honey.
let’s be clear.
this
is
not
poetry.
there is nothing
meaningful
or intrinsically literary
about line breaks
and
bullshit.
this is not
literature.
this is not
poetry.
this is a
disgustingly easy
parody.
this is a
c-grade attempt
to be “deep”.
this is using
shallow fluff
and passing
it off as
quality.
it is not.
it is an insult
to poets everywhere.
it is an insult
to every great
writer
who labors
over word play
and actual content.
look how easy it is
to imitate.
watch:
the screen is bright
with miniature people
moving across it
i laugh because
it’s family guy
or
his eyes are blue
like the ocean
and when i look at him
i realize
his eyes are blue
or
my eyes
follow you
round and round
you calm me
cause you’re a
fidget spinner
but the thing
that makes
the new-age-tumblr
wanna-be-poet
style infuriating
is that it
takes away meaning from
her content.
the impact of
female poets of color,
of issues of feminism,
sexuality and love
are pushed to the background
because
line breaks and lowercase
don’t mean shit.
(and adding
minimalistic sketches
are vague excuses of
artistic expression).
rather, they
distract,
they confuse,
and they distance
from the content.
they take meaningful
issues and
make them
superficial.
such writing,
such god-awful
attempts to be
deep,
needs to stop.
if you want to
glorify poetry,
if you want to
read good literature,
glorify:
audre lorde
warshan shire
maya angelou
or nayyirah waheed.
but do not glorify this.