I wish poets understood that the general population has no interest in what we do, so when we speak we are speaking only to each other. The delusion that poetry is something powerful is a straight line to all kinds of toxic positivities that are really just us lying to ourselves.
— Danielle Rose (@danirosepoet) September 3, 2021
Poet says modern poetry is for poetry nerds and nobody cares about poetry anymore. Gets fired from her job at the poetry magazine
https://twitter.com/danirosepoet/status/1433816027947839494
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What did you say?
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Wait did he delete both the comment?
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Yeah, your comment about treatment for covid got removed
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Oh I thought he also removed the one asking him whether he knew he was such a mean person
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On a scale of three to thirteen, how mean of a person?
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Really mean
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Darn thatβs mean
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I am not!!!!
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Then why are you so mean to me and why do you never reply to my DMs that I put special love and effort into?
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I actually do make a point of reading them all and they genuinely brighten my day each time. But there are too many to respond to. Just know that you are noticed and loved
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