Instagram page of famous Instagram poet Rupi Kaur.
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Culture note
Instapoetry is a word formed of “Instagram” and “poetry”.
It describes a genre of short, visually impactful poems created on social media platforms.
It started in the early 2010s when Instagram became ground for creative expression.
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Rupi Kaur performing on her world tour, 2022.
Vidéo associée
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Get ready!
1
Look at the picture above. Give your impressions on the poem, its format, and the way it is shared. Have you ever seen poetry on your social media feed?
2
Watch the video. How has social media changed
Rupi Kaur's relationship with her audience and with poetry?
3
How would you describe the style of Rupi Kaur's live performances? What
does this reveal about the popularity of poetry in the age of social media?
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Carte mentale
Instapoetry
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Let's learn!
Memorise words from the mind map.
Then, make three sentences about
Instapoetry using words from at least
three categories.
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Quote of the day
Poems are ideally suited, in some ways, to social media, because they pack so much meaning into so little language.
― Michelle Dean, journalist
How does this quote explain the recent popularity of poetry online?
Can you think of other factors?
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Final project
Turn a traditional poem into
an Instapoem performance.