Poetry in motion: Social media revives ancient art


  • TECH
  • Tuesday, 24 Sep 2019

A screengrab taken from the Instagram page of Nikita Gill shows examples of her poetry. — AFP Relaxnews

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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