Studies
Between poetry and Facebook:
gleams of social transformation
This article is titled ‘Between poetry and
Facebook’ shedding light or creating small
comparison on the transformation of poetry
between stanzas published in newspapers and
periodicals, grasping the attention of poetry
readers to begin with, and modern poetry (and
what is meant by modern is the time context of
vocabulary as opposed to critical annotation).
This article focuses on the use of social media as
a medium in which poetry is consumed; no longer
is it necessary for the reader to have a specific
interest in poetry, for these online pages are whole
communities that do not reflect platforms for the
poetic realm which is prevalent in magazines
and specialised newspapers (where a particular
reader will seek, who is able to critique on a
literary and linguistic level). This article is a short
introduction to some of the most popular stanzas
that act as literary poetic gleams on Facebook. It
will explore how the sociological effects of living
in a digital age has led to the reduction of poetry.
This article also encompasses the work of poets
who have never had a hardcopy publication;
whose work was confined to the online pages of
social media. The poet’s featured were randomly
selected from online pages that I came across.
I chose the poems without the bias of a trained
critical eye, but rather as an ordinary reader.
By: Sulaf Alloush
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