#I just think the idea that viewing ‘bad’ and ‘lazy’ art as inherently shallow or valueless kills more art than it inspires

[dilf-phoenix-rights]

Unpopular opinion but I kind of hate posts making fun of “instagram poetry.”

Like I get that the people making them are thinking about soulless marketing or whatever, but I feel like assuming the thoughts and intentions put into a poem are inherently fake just because it’s short and poorly written (in your opinion) is a big oversimplification.

I just knew kids in high school who had/still have poetry accounts that had some poems that could fall under the “instagram poetry,” definition and like, they weren’t getting book deals or even a lot of attention, they were just expressing themselves. And yeah, maybe they were doing so in a simplistic style that’s gotten semi-popular, but like… so what?

I’m not saying you have to like that type of poetry by any means, just that maybe your frustration should be pointed more towards the media industries only promoting whatever they think is the safest bet, and less at the artists themselves and the people that enjoy their work.