Social media changing the face of poetry

Writing a “real” poem published in a prestigious newspaper or cultural magazine can be a challenge. It not only entails talent and passion but also understanding and mastery of basic elements of poetry such as imagery, metaphors, similes, rhyme and so on. As a rule, a real poem contains and meets required basic poetry elements.

That is how the standards of long-established traditional or conventional poetry has been viewed. But it should be acknowledged that real poetry is often deemed difficult, rarefied, exclusive and elite.