Which admittedly may not seem like much on the surface - until it's compared with the 6.7 percent found during the last survey period, in 2012. adult population in 2017 - or about 28 million people - had read poetry in the last year. "The Survey of Public Participation in the Arts, a collaboration between the NEA and the Census Bureau, found that 11.7 percent of the U.S. adult population, this poetry readership is the highest on record over a 15-year period. That's according to the results of a new survey by the National Endowment for the Arts, which announced Thursday that "as a share of the total U.S. adults who are reading poetry has nearly doubled.
This work has more than paid off.Īccording to a survey done by the National Endowment For the Arts in 2017 poetry readers had risen dramatically. The marketing side is just as much a part of their world as the creative side is. From mugs to photo framed quotes and even t-shirts and hoodies. Merch lines are ways poets supplement their sales as well. Often days can consist of writing, tours, events and even going over marketing with their teams. This gives them the ability to forward their creative work into paying work. Social media allows them to capture the attention of the public and in turn the attention of publishers and event-holders. Poets are also entrepreneurs, using their platforms to land publishing deals and live events. In a world saturated by images, we are made to stop and read allowing our minds to form the images we need.Īs much as it is an art it is also a form of income. He allows his words to pull all the focus. Atticus a well-known poet writes powerful small poems set in a simple typewriter font against a white background. Their words often resonating in some way in our lives. In an age where we devour information then move on to the next thing, Insta poets make us stop and reflect. Poet Amanda Lovelace’s poetry books have hit the bestsellers list. Shin with millions of followers and people who read his work every day. It has given them the power to make living from their words once again. They’ve brought poetry back into people’s everyday lives and created a new generation of poets. Often dismissed as cliche trend chasers by some I personally feel Instagram poets have found a way to use modern tech to their advantage. Using social media to reach people classic poets could only dream of. The intsagram poet instead uses few lines to express as much as these page long poems would. Driving their own sales and inspiring people around the world.Ĭlassic poets such as Robert Frost, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, and Sylvia Plath wrote stanzas some two pages or longer in length. The power of this social platform has given the modern poet the ability to reach wide audiences completely on their own using their talent for imaginative poetic lines.
Instagram poets have redefined poetry and what it means to be a poet in the modern-day. Their poem is presented in an aesthetic way (typewriter format or along with photos). These are people who write short poems usually consisting of 1-4 lines. In recent years there has been a resurgence of the popularity of poetry in the form of Instagram Poets. Poets are a big part of literary culture, we quote them, site their works, and often feel a kinship with their words.
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