For those who find traditional poetry very intimidating and its language complex or even forbidding, Instapoetry opens up new possibilities for enjoyment. Instapoems are usually brief poetic lines shared on social media. Rupi Kaur, the Canadian instapoet has 4.5 million followers on Instagram. Milk and Honey, a collection of her verse published in 2015, became a New York Times bestseller.Dr Veronica Alfano of Faculty of Arts at Macquarie University has been following the developments in instapoe...

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