Instapoet
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A poet working in the Instapoetry genre.
"Instapoets were 'responsible for poetry going viral at a time when the genre was alleged to be all but dead', Bustle magazine wrote in 2018, in a piece looking at whether new social media poets were undermining or reviving the art and traditions of literary poetry."
Example
More examples"Instapoets were 'responsible for poetry going viral at a time when the genre was alleged to be all but dead', Bustle magazine wrote in 2018, in a piece looking at whether new social media poets were undermining or reviving the art and traditions of literary poetry."
Etymology
Blend of Instagram + poet.
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