How does this make you feel?

I don't have any strong feelings about it because that would be silly.

No it won't, it will be forgotten in a couple of years

I don't read much poetry beyond what is required in school. Can someone explain how her poetry isn't just writing something and then pressing enter at random times

>>9572711
It doesn't bother me that there are idiots out there. There always have been.

>>9572711
I don't think it will, it's a flavour-of-the-month book for literature hipsters who don't really know much about literature. It's the sort of book I'd expect to see on unironically on the shelf of someone who browses /mu/ and pitchfork.

>>9572711
This book sits in the Classics section of my local bookshop already.

It won't go down in history simply because all its ideas rest on the surface. Nothing in this book requires digestion, which is how it manages to be best-selling POETRY. That never happens and is a testament to its accessibility, which itself is a testament to its superficiality. There is no conversation with the ideas in this book besides the ones teenagers and young adults have already had with themselves. For that reason it has about as much a chance of going down in history as the average /lif/izen's love poems do. The only thing about it worth talking about from a critical perspective is the question of how someone so talentless was able to manipulate social media into spreading the infestation of mediocre poetry

Makes me feel powerful and liberated.

Fuck white people.

>>9573389
hey

wow

rude

>>9573355
I know a literature PhD specialising in Sylvia Plath who praises this shit and who otherwise only seems to discuss shitty pop feminist shit

milk and honey
will not go down
in history
but rupi will go down
on me

>>9572711
In the halls of the abandoned library,
a solitary flutist wails,
Wagner and Faulkner unheard.
Outside, the twenty-somethings make merry,
contributing to the sales
of a woman ill-equipped for word.

>>9572711
I don't care about it. I'm not emotionally invested in it.

>This will go down as one of the most influential books of our time
It won't

>>9572711
Doesn't make me feel much. If anyone from here "makes it" I'll be happy for them but I don't expect their stuff to be much better than hers. The zeitgeist is to blame, not her.

>>9575190
lol

>>9575190
yo who gives a fuck about so wanger and an inbred hick shitting out tomes for old people. Cry some more, grandpa.

OP
is
a
faggot

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>>9573364

>>9572786
Her poetry pretends to be concise and clear for blunt emotional affect, but it's actually just lazy false profundities arranged in the most simplistic and uninteresting poetic form possible.

It's like taking a black and white photo of a flower.

Favorite Rupi poem?

And i wait for another
Revolution
or revelation
It doesn't too much matter
Whether
i see blood
in wheals
All shall be well
she said
But not to me
Not to me

Surprisingly poignant

>>9575435

wrong

>>9572711
My girlfriend knows her because all Sikhs know each other. I nonetheless remain more interested in what Shell Silverstien has contributed to poetry than in what she has offered.

Influential != good

>>9575204
Doesnt it make you rage that she writes cliches and that shes successfull despite/because of it?
I feel envy because maybe i could write shit,but i would be too embarrased to do it

makes me thing of Blake turning in his grave.

>>9575464

That's a good one. She unfairly gets shit on by /lit/ because she is popular.

On account of
pride
knowledge
may often
deceive you
but this gentle
loving affection will
not
deceive you
Knowledge
tends to breed
conceit
but love builds
Knowledge is full of
labor
but love full of
rest

>>9573375
>The only thing about it worth talking about from a critical perspective is the question of how someone so talentless was able to manipulate social media into spreading the infestation of mediocre poetry

This brings up an interesting question.

Do you think Rupi Kaur is well-aware of her lack of ability as a writer, but has very shrewdly observed the current state of politics (namely feminism and identity politics pertaining to ethnic minorities) and social media (primarily Instagram and Tumblr) and the vapid, status-obsessed culture that exists on them - meaning people that are more interested in uploading photos of pages from books they're reading, rather than actually reading for its own sake. I've seen them co-opt Vonnegut, Murakami and now Rupi Kaur's work, flaunting their awareness of these authors in the same fashion as they flaunt the latest fashion trend initiated by Kylie Jenner - and then pandered accordingly until she reached her current level of success?

Basically I'm asking whether you think Rupi cynically took note of the current zeitgeist, particularly the two phenomena of feminism and social media, and calculatingly merged them together in her work to ensure she became a hit? Or is her work a genuine expression of who she is?

>>9575635
showcasing their awareness of these authors in the exact same manner that they flaunt the latest fashion trend initiated by Kylie Jenner*

I thought that this book was another example of /lit/ autists sperging out on some non-sensical shit, but boy was I wrong. It was displayed as a featured book at my local used bookstore. And according to the cashier, it is a pretty popular book.

what can we expect of this society if our "intellectually-inclined" population reads this trash?

>>9575663
>our "intellectually-inclined" population
not a thing

>>9575506
I could never write her stuff. I'm sure it would embarrass me the same as you, but it'd never occur to me in the first place to write how she does.

>feeling
I don't do that anymore.

>>9575665
Do you go to university?

>>9572711
30% amazing and creative poems
50% feminist trash
10% BS

What makes her stuff so popular? I still don't get it.

>>9572711
Doesn't make me feel anything.

Twighlight will as well. So will Forty Shades. And don't forget - Harry Potter.

Who gives a shit? Her support base consists of ignorant, petty bourgeoisie and apathetic, money-worshiping capitalists.

>>9576149
What's the other 10%? Illustrations?

>>9573389
Congratulations.

You're deluded.

Welcome to the prison of your own making.

Sincerely,

Your Betters

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beautiful <3

>>9576224
just gay
lowercase poetry
for the forgotten ones,
the black women.
the queer women.
to resonate with.

Reminds me of this video of Billy Bob nailing people like her.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKpKsCFM0Ao

women
are
funny,
intelligent,
profound,
and special.
get over it.

>>9576387
what a cunt

my penis is hard
your mouth is wet - i like it,
i dont know the difference,
where is your tiny ass?
i hope that i put it in the right hole.

-anon

>>9576193
>i may not know a lot about poetry, but i do know a decent amount about feelings

holy...

>>9573423
makes me think

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>>9576387
what a slut

she also hates seeing her friends succeed apparently

>>9576193
This is satire level humor.

>>9576928
This is just shitty tumblr level writing and concept though?

>>9576951
yup. if you want an explanation as to why people like it. She's an 'instapoet' so her 'poems' are short, easy, and gay as fuck so they can get the most likes.

>>9575635
If it's genuine self-expression why aren't the other instapoets as famous as her? Think: n a y y i r a h w a h e e d

>>9572711
stop fucking making it viral then

>>9576193
has to be bait... r-right?

>>9575190
You're at least as good a poet as Kauer. Go get published.

>>9575599
>>9575464
So are these quotes from nazis or the lyrics to meme-songs? It's always one or the other in these threads.

How will we kill the white males?
These evil bigots!

Are so bad!

I am a feminist
I liked getting good scores from my professors
I am not white

I repeat once more those poetic words
I am not white

I am a real person

>>9576193
>slayed
>tumbl(er)ing

>>9573423
>specializes in sylvia plath
>praises pop feminist shit