The Poet / The Poem
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About
The Poet / The Poem is a two-panel image macro series in which memers share a piece of writing and the author, both sincerely and ironically (similary to Art / Artist and Art vs. Artist). The format went viral on Twitter in January 2020.
Origin
The earliest known usage of the format was published on January 12th, 2020 by Twitter[1] user @PrinceAnagba. The tweet received more than 115 likes in less than one month (shown below).
Spread
Over the next few days, the meme continued to be used to share sincere works of poetry (example below, left).
On January 15th, Twitter[2] user @Iman_Schuller used the format of the meme to evoke a joke from the film 22 Jump Street, pairing a photograph of the film's star Jonah Hill with a poem from the film. The post received more than 111,000 likes and 44,000 retweets in less than one week (shown below, center).
Following the Jonah Hill post, others began adding mock versions of the meme. For example, on January 22nd, Twitter[3] user @AbzChance shared one featuring references to the character Jigsaw from the Saw horror film series. The post received more than 16,000 likes and 3,500 retweets in less than 24 hours (shown below, right).
On January 22nd, the website The Tab[4] reported on the meme.
Various Examples
Search Interest
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External References
[1] Twitter – @PrinceAnagba's Tweet
[2] Twitter – @Iman_Schuller's Tweet
[3] Twitter – @AbzChance's Tweet
[4] The Tab – These ‘The Poet, The Poem’ memes are hands down the funniest of 2020 so far
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