Instagram poets are / behind a rise in revenue / and platitudes
Donna Ashworth, a British poet, loves words. You can tell because on her website she calls herself “Donna Ashworth—Author and lover of words”, doubtless to distinguish herself from all those other authors who don’t like words. But Ms Ashworth loves so much more than words, for, as she says, “what are we here to do, if not love?” So she also loves our “magical” planet, and being kind, and wrinkles, and the child within us all and putting meaningful things in italics.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Britain gets verse”
From the January 20th 2024 edition
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