Poetry, like any other art, is subjective.
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Updated 8 years ago,August 17, 2017
Is Lang Leavs poetry bad or good?
My aim is not really to defend or talk about Leav.
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Most if not all people Ive heard saying Lang Leav makesshitty and toxicpoetry are Filipinos.
Other people, meanwhile, brand Leavs and similar artists work as fake poetry.
Real poetry, according to them, is Charles Bukowski, Sylvia Plath, Virginia Woolf, etc.
I began to ask myself is hating Lang Leav and other tumblr/instagram/internet pop poets the new trend?
Why are people ridiculing other people based on the innocuous kind of poetry the latter likes?
What is the problem with pop poetry in the first place?
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Lang Leav is my secret guilty pleasure.
Are Bukowskis metaphors and Plaths themes more diverse than Leavs and other pop poetry?
Yes, in my opinion.
But not everyone can relate to or are captivated by these styles.
Is Woolfs vocabulary more verbose than Leavs and many pop poets?
But then again, language evolves.
The romanticism of the early 1900s is not often used today.
The social and personal background of the author also comes into play with regards to their writing style.
If I dont appreciateMoby Dick,does it make any less of a classic?
If I findThe Lord Of The Ringsuninspiring, is it any less of a masterpiece?
Who are we to tell what people should read or not read?
What they should like or not like?
Reading needs training and discipline.
or chooses to read poetry for the purpose of dissecting each stanza.
These people are allowed to enjoy poetry like Lang Leavs.
Then theres the case with Rupi Kaur.
Her poems have been calledlazyandcheap poetry,and readers of her poemstoo impatient for deeper words.
There may be a level of entitlement and resentment in this, too.
Everyone has their own way of writing.
[Non-fans] have the whole right to express [their] opinions.
But then Rupi Kaur does, too.
Everyone goes through different circumstances in life.
Everyone is carved out as a different sort of a writer.
Everyone cannot be the same or as touching.
She is who she is, you are who you are.
There are some people who are moved by her poetry, too… ## Poetryhas always been an open venue where one could express ones self and talk about ones experiences.
Poets usually write from a personal, vulnerable place.
Youre not a REAL fan of poetry, youre a FAKE FAN!!
PSA: like dont feel pressure to write political poetry if youre a writer of colour.
I promise we will make a world that doesnt celebrate you only when you feel and look exotic.
Advise but dont chastise.
To sayI dont like insert X poetis a non-issue.
This should not be how we stimulate people to explore this wonderful art form.
