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what does poet mean


an artsy-looking collection
with watered down haikus and tanshin
that make vapid look cool?
plagiarized verses?
1,600,000 instagram followers?
refusing to read books other than yours?
well if these is what it means
to be a poet
surely rupi kaur is

About the Author

Gretchen Filart

Gretchen Filart is a Best of the Net and Pushcart Prize-nominated poet and essayist from the Philippines. Her confessional pieces draw from love, motherhood, healing, nature, and intersections and have received distinction from phoebe’s Spring Poetry Contest and Navigator’s Travel Writing Competition. Connect with her on Twitter, Instagram, and Tiktok @gretchenfilart. She is usually friendly.

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