{"id":37115,"date":"2025-02-22T04:10:53","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T04:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/?p=37115"},"modified":"2025-06-30T18:14:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T23:14:27","slug":"why-poets-were-the-original-influencers-and-how-theyd-post-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/?p=37115","title":{"rendered":"Why Poets Were the Original Influencers (And How They\u2019d Post Today)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"37115\" class=\"elementor elementor-37115\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-093701b e-flex e-con-boxed cmsmasters-block-default e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"093701b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb0228d cmsmasters-block-default cmsmasters-sticky-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fb0228d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Case for Poets as Influencers<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f1453f cmsmasters-block-default cmsmasters-sticky-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8f1453f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Shakespeare: The Subtweet King\n<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab4de86 cmsmasters-block-default cmsmasters-sticky-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab4de86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ever read a Shakespearean sonnet? It\u2019s basically an 18-line thirst trap. \u201cShall I compare thee to a summer&#8217;s day?\u201d is the 16th-century equivalent of \u201cFeeling cute, might delete later.\u201d His plays were <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> hot content of the Elizabethan era, drawing crowds bigger than a Taylor Swift concert.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e23bc7c cmsmasters-block-default cmsmasters-sticky-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e23bc7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/@Shakespeare_writes-blog-image-30x30.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-37120 cmsmasters_img cmsmasters-lazyload lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/@Shakespeare_writes-blog-image-200x300.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/@Shakespeare_writes-blog-image-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/@Shakespeare_writes-blog-image-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/@Shakespeare_writes-blog-image-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/@Shakespeare_writes-blog-image-600x900.png 600w, https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/@Shakespeare_writes-blog-image-30x45.png 30w, https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/@Shakespeare_writes-blog-image-7x10.png 7w, https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/@Shakespeare_writes-blog-image.png 800w\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/@Shakespeare_writes-blog-image-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/@Shakespeare_writes-blog-image-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/@Shakespeare_writes-blog-image-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/@Shakespeare_writes-blog-image-600x900.png 600w, https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/@Shakespeare_writes-blog-image-30x45.png 30w, https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/@Shakespeare_writes-blog-image-7x10.png 7w, https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/@Shakespeare_writes-blog-image.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03a8e4e cmsmasters-block-default cmsmasters-sticky-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"03a8e4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Rumi: The Self-Help Guru<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5391058 cmsmasters-block-default cmsmasters-sticky-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5391058\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rumi\u2019s quotes are all over Pinterest boards for a reason. &#8220;You were born with wings; why prefer to crawl through life?&#8221; sounds like something you\u2019d find under a yoga influencer\u2019s Instagram caption. Rumi&#8217;s wisdom spanned centuries, proving his relevance even in today\u2019s motivational meme culture.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3626219 cmsmasters-block-default cmsmasters-sticky-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3626219\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Rumi_Blog-Image-30x30.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-37121 cmsmasters_img cmsmasters-lazyload lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Rumi_Blog-Image-240x300.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Rumi_Blog-Image-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Rumi_Blog-Image-819x1024.png 819w, https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Rumi_Blog-Image-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Rumi_Blog-Image-600x750.png 600w, https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Rumi_Blog-Image-30x38.png 30w, https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Rumi_Blog-Image-8x10.png 8w, https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Rumi_Blog-Image.png 1080w\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Rumi_Blog-Image-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Rumi_Blog-Image-819x1024.png 819w, https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Rumi_Blog-Image-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Rumi_Blog-Image-600x750.png 600w, https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Rumi_Blog-Image-30x38.png 30w, https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Rumi_Blog-Image-8x10.png 8w, https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Rumi_Blog-Image.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1c00f5 cmsmasters-block-default cmsmasters-sticky-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f1c00f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Emily Dickinson: The Introvert Icon<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b35dd49 cmsmasters-block-default cmsmasters-sticky-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b35dd49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dickinson didn\u2019t go out much, but she wrote over 1,800 poems. Imagine her as a TikTok creator, dropping haikus about mental health and the beauty of solitude. Her \u201ccontent\u201d proves you don\u2019t need to leave your house to make an impact.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b4e9a0 cmsmasters-block-default cmsmasters-sticky-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9b4e9a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/@TheEmilyst-Blog-Image-30x30.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-37122 cmsmasters_img cmsmasters-lazyload lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/@TheEmilyst-Blog-Image-240x300.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/@TheEmilyst-Blog-Image-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/@TheEmilyst-Blog-Image-819x1024.png 819w, https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/@TheEmilyst-Blog-Image-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/@TheEmilyst-Blog-Image-600x750.png 600w, https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/@TheEmilyst-Blog-Image-30x38.png 30w, https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/@TheEmilyst-Blog-Image-8x10.png 8w, https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/@TheEmilyst-Blog-Image.png 1080w\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/@TheEmilyst-Blog-Image-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/@TheEmilyst-Blog-Image-819x1024.png 819w, https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/@TheEmilyst-Blog-Image-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/@TheEmilyst-Blog-Image-600x750.png 600w, https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/@TheEmilyst-Blog-Image-30x38.png 30w, https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/@TheEmilyst-Blog-Image-8x10.png 8w, https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/@TheEmilyst-Blog-Image.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa555b7 cmsmasters-block-default cmsmasters-sticky-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"aa555b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What If They Posted Today?<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7356ffb cmsmasters-block-default cmsmasters-sticky-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7356ffb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shakespeare would create romantic Instagram Reels, complete with slow-motion sunsets.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rumi would have a daily advice column on LinkedIn.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dickinson would make cryptic tweets that go viral overnight.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c9cebb cmsmasters-block-default cmsmasters-sticky-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0c9cebb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The next time you double-tap a #selfcare post or share a poetic meme, remember: poets were doing it first. They just didn\u2019t have Wi-Fi.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before influencers peddled skincare routines and dance challenges, poets shaped culture and won hearts. Shakespeare was basically the king of subtweets, Rumi, the OG self-help guru, and Emily Dickinson? A master of ghosting before it was cool. These literary legends were the original trendsetters, and if they had Instagram today, they\u2019d dominate your feed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":37119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[34,69],"class_list":["post-37115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry","tag-blog","tag-poetry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37115"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37126,"href":"https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37115\/revisions\/37126"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/37119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urwordsormine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}