What the Triumph of Instapoetry Tells Us About the Decline of Modern Language

Poetry is everywhere and nowhere. But mostly nowhere.

Joe-Francis Kiaga

Whether you like it or not, the publication of Rupi Kaur’s poetry collection Milk and Honey is a significant moment in the history of poetry. In an age where poetry had been for some time almost culturally irrelevant, the collection became a NYT bestseller, Forbes listed her as one of our “emerging artists” and in 2019, The New Republic…