Poetry's Rebirth Through Social Media
Haoran Tong |
TEDxAmherstCollege
• November 2019
My ted talk is going to be about poetry's existence in the social media world. Poetry always fascinates me in its versatile forms, profound expression, and unbounded imagination. However, it was the birth of social media and online publishing platform that totally transformed the way I read and write poems, but more importantly, the way I understand why and how poetry should thrive in the digital era despite doubts of its declining purpose in society.