Age of the Instapoets: social media revives art of poetry


By AGENCY

A screengrab taken from the Instagram page of British-Indian author Nikita Gill shows examples of her poetry. Photo: AFP

Eighteen-year-old Londoner Danique Bailey is one of a new generation of poets using social media to revive the art.

The teenager was among the 100 winners of last year's Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award, an international competition of 6,000 11 to 17-year-olds from 83 countries.

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