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user-inactivated  ·  2506 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: This poet is trolling everyone on Instagram to show how social media glorifies pop poetry

    Both Bynner and Ficke were accomplished poets of their time, but the Spectra poems are probably the most widely remembered of their work. Both authors admitted to the hoax having backfired to a certain extent, as it overshadowed their more serious work. Nonetheless, Ficke stated that he learned a good deal about composition while writing as Knish, adding that it actually influenced his later work.

History seems to have a tendency to repeat itself.