On Sunday, May 29, 2022 at 7:45:14 AM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> General-Zod wrote:
>
> > Michael Pendragon wrote:
>
> >> On Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 3:43:13 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> >>
> >>> Sure, most poets are unknown to the general public, Pendragon.
> >>>
> >>> Ask some of the average people on any street who their favorite poet is.
> >>>
> >>> You might be surprised
>
>
> >> Hate the Drake.
>
>
> > More jealousy, V.D. Boy...?
>
> > ******************************************************
>
> > https://pennyspoetry.fandom.com/wiki/Robert_M._Drake
>
> > Robert M. Drake (also R.M. Drake) is the pen name of American poet, novelist, and visual artist Robert Macias [1] (born 1981),[2] who found success by posting on Web forum Instagram. Life
> > Youth and education
> > Drake was born and raised in Miami, Florida, the youngest of 3 children of Colombian immigrants. His father was a maintenance man at Jackson Memorial Hospital, and his mother worked in a factory.[3]
>
> > "We were very poor," he recalls. "I remember in elementary school, there was always a book fair every year. I'd see all the other kids getting books. My parents couldn't afford it." His parents were too poor to afford cable television.[3]
>
> > He began writing at 7, composing and illustrating his own Spiderman and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fan stories.[3]
>
> > He attended Miami Coral Park Senior High, where he was initially a misfit due to his unstylish clothes and ignorance of teen culture. "I hated high school for the first two years," he later recalled. "I experienced a lot of bullying." Sometimes he pretended to be ill, just so he could stay home that day. He continued writing and painting through high school, and in time got into hip-hop, break dancing, and graffiti art, which helped him gain acceptance. [3]
>
> > He took English at Dade College, where he discovered John Steinbeck, Virginia Woolfe, and Albert Camus (whose novel The Stranger made a great impression on him). He also studied painting, sculpture, and music,[3] and went on to study digital communication at Florida International University (FIU).[4] A childhood friend had called him "Bobby Drake" (after the superhero in the Marvel X-Men series), and at FIU he began signing his pictures "Robert M. Drake."[5] He graduated from FIU with a fine arts degree in 2010.[4]
>
> > Career
> > How_R.M._Drake_Became_Instagram's_Famous_Poet
> > How R.M. Drake Became Instagram's Famous Poet
>
> > After graduation Drake briefly worked as a content developer for a small company, then took a job as the art director at Spanish-language TV broadcaster Univision.[6]
>
> > He joined Instagram in November 2012,[6] and began posting his poetry there the following October.[3] He would type each poem using an antique 1940s Royals typewriter on handmade paper, and photograph and upload the image..[6] He also made stencils of some of his poems, and used them to spray paint his poetry around the city, mainly on sidewalks. "Ultimately, as an artist, that's one of the goals," he says. "You want people to see and critique it. I put my work out there to the point where it'll be very hard to ignore who I am." By 2014 his Instagram account had grown to 40,000 viewers.[3]
>
> > Actress Sohia Bush was the 1st celebrity to repost a Drake poem.[6] In 2014 Khloé Kardashian began following Drake on Instagram and regularly reposting his work; almost immediately his number of followers shot up to 150,000.[3]
>
> > By 2015 Drake was receiving more than 2,000 reposts a day on Instagram. His followers included more than 30 celebrities,[6] including Bush, Kardashian, Taye Diggs, Ludacris, Paris Hilton, Trina, Jermaine Dupri, Keyshia Cole, Wu-Tang Clan, and Khloé's half-sisters, Kylie and Kendall Jenner. He had a million followers on Instagram and a half-million on Tumblr, and was gaining 25,000 followers a week on Facebook and Twitter.[3]
>
> > His online success allowed Drake to sign a distribution deal, selling his self-published books through Amazon and Barnes and Noble.[7] In August 2014, he published his debut collection, Beautiful Chaos, which rose to #4 on Amazon's bestseller chart, and quickly sold more than 30,000 copies.[3] By the following month, it had sold 50,000.[6] Inspired by that success, he quit his job at Univision to write full-time.[3]
>
> > He continues to live and work in Miami,[1] where he deliberately maintains a low profile. He tends to shy away from attention, and turns down invitations to poetry readings and television interview requests. “I just feel better when no one really knows who I am,” he has said.[6]
>
> > Writing
> > The_Poetic_Genius_of_R.M._Drake
> > The Poetic Genius of R.M. Drake
>
> > The Miami Herald notes that "Macias’ posts are easily distinguishable by his fans for their succinctness in verse and visual appeal — both of which the 32-year-old credits to his success."[6] CBS Miami calls them "short, concise and easy to relate to; they are filled with words about self-discovery, loneliness, heart-break and love."[5] His art gallery adds: "Macias writes from the heart, using personal experiences to create lyrical text. From short stories and longer poems to succinct one-sentence verses, Macias touches his readers by displaying a genuine expression of emotion."[1]
>
> > His fans adore his work, not only reposting, but responding with comments like, "Yes yes yes yes exactly!!!", "He speaks for me," "Wow #truth", "mind explosion,"[3] and ”I think Drake is writing for us.”[5]
>
> > As well as more than a million followers, though, his work has some detractors. Chauncey Mabe, a former book critic for the Sun Sentinel, says that "[Macias'] poems seem like those of a very young and immature fellow who is trying to think hard about life. It's Hallmark card level. Only really, really depressed Hallmark cards."[3]
>
> > Publications
> > Beautiful Chaos. Lulu.com / CreateSpace, 2014; Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel, 2016.
> > Science: The stars in me are the stars in you. Lulu.com, 2015.
> > A Brilliant Madness. Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel, 2015.
> > Seeds of Chaos. [Vintage Wild?], 2017.
> > Broken Flowers, and other stairways to heaven. Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel, 2017.
> > Moon Theory. Robert M. Drake, 2017.
> > Star Theory. Vintage Wild, 2018.[8]
> > Light Theory. Vintage Wild, 2018.[9]
> > Chaos Theory. Vintage Wild, 2018.[10]
>
> > ****************************************************************
> While I don't exactly love the Drake, I do respect his achievements in poetry.

Drake is very popular with younger readers.....

Zod wrote:

> On Sunday, May 29, 2022 at 7:45:14 AM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
>> General-Zod wrote:
>>
> Michael Pendragon wrote:
>>
>> >> On Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 3:43:13 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Sure, most poets are unknown to the general public, Pendragon.
>> >>>
>> >>> Ask some of the average people on any street who their favorite poet is.
>> >>>
>> >>> You might be surprised
>>
>>
>> >> Hate the Drake.
>>
>>
>> > More jealousy, V.D. Boy...?
>>
>> > ******************************************************
>>
>> > https://pennyspoetry.fandom.com/wiki/Robert_M._Drake
>>
>> > Robert M. Drake (also R.M. Drake) is the pen name of American poet, novelist, and visual artist Robert Macias [1] (born 1981),[2] who found success by posting on Web forum Instagram. Life
>> > Youth and education
>> > Drake was born and raised in Miami, Florida, the youngest of 3 children of Colombian immigrants. His father was a maintenance man at Jackson Memorial Hospital, and his mother worked in a factory.[3]
>>
>> > "We were very poor," he recalls. "I remember in elementary school, there was always a book fair every year. I'd see all the other kids getting books. My parents couldn't afford it." His parents were too poor to afford cable television.[3]
>>
>> > He began writing at 7, composing and illustrating his own Spiderman and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fan stories.[3]
>>
>> > He attended Miami Coral Park Senior High, where he was initially a misfit due to his unstylish clothes and ignorance of teen culture. "I hated high school for the first two years," he later recalled. "I experienced a lot of bullying." Sometimes he pretended to be ill, just so he could stay home that day. He continued writing and painting through high school, and in time got into hip-hop, break dancing, and graffiti art, which helped him gain acceptance. [3]
>>
>> > He took English at Dade College, where he discovered John Steinbeck, Virginia Woolfe, and Albert Camus (whose novel The Stranger made a great impression on him). He also studied painting, sculpture, and music,[3] and went on to study digital communication at Florida International University (FIU).[4] A childhood friend had called him "Bobby Drake" (after the superhero in the Marvel X-Men series), and at FIU he began signing his pictures "Robert M. Drake."[5] He graduated from FIU with a fine arts degree in 2010.[4]
>>
>> > Career
>> > How_R.M._Drake_Became_Instagram's_Famous_Poet
>> > How R.M. Drake Became Instagram's Famous Poet
>>
>> > After graduation Drake briefly worked as a content developer for a small company, then took a job as the art director at Spanish-language TV broadcaster Univision.[6]
>>
>> > He joined Instagram in November 2012,[6] and began posting his poetry there the following October.[3] He would type each poem using an antique 1940s Royals typewriter on handmade paper, and photograph and upload the image..[6] He also made stencils of some of his poems, and used them to spray paint his poetry around the city, mainly on sidewalks. "Ultimately, as an artist, that's one of the goals," he says. "You want people to see and critique it. I put my work out there to the point where it'll be very hard to ignore who I am." By 2014 his Instagram account had grown to 40,000 viewers.[3]
>>
>> > Actress Sohia Bush was the 1st celebrity to repost a Drake poem.[6] In 2014 Khloé Kardashian began following Drake on Instagram and regularly reposting his work; almost immediately his number of followers shot up to 150,000.[3]
>>
>> > By 2015 Drake was receiving more than 2,000 reposts a day on Instagram. His followers included more than 30 celebrities,[6] including Bush, Kardashian, Taye Diggs, Ludacris, Paris Hilton, Trina, Jermaine Dupri, Keyshia Cole, Wu-Tang Clan, and Khloé's half-sisters, Kylie and Kendall Jenner. He had a million followers on Instagram and a half-million on Tumblr, and was gaining 25,000 followers a week on Facebook and Twitter.[3]
>>
>> > His online success allowed Drake to sign a distribution deal, selling his self-published books through Amazon and Barnes and Noble.[7] In August 2014, he published his debut collection, Beautiful Chaos, which rose to #4 on Amazon's bestseller chart, and quickly sold more than 30,000 copies.[3] By the following month, it had sold 50,000.[6] Inspired by that success, he quit his job at Univision to write full-time.[3]
>>
>> > He continues to live and work in Miami,[1] where he deliberately maintains a low profile. He tends to shy away from attention, and turns down invitations to poetry readings and television interview requests. “I just feel better when no one really knows who I am,” he has said.[6]
>>
>> > Writing
>> > The_Poetic_Genius_of_R.M._Drake
>> > The Poetic Genius of R.M. Drake
>>
>> > The Miami Herald notes that "Macias’ posts are easily distinguishable by his fans for their succinctness in verse and visual appeal — both of which the 32-year-old credits to his success."[6] CBS Miami calls them "short, concise and easy to relate to; they are filled with words about self-discovery, loneliness, heart-break and love."[5] His art gallery adds: "Macias writes from the heart, using personal experiences to create lyrical text. From short stories and longer poems to succinct one-sentence verses, Macias touches his readers by displaying a genuine expression of emotion."[1]
>>
>> > His fans adore his work, not only reposting, but responding with comments like, "Yes yes yes yes exactly!!!", "He speaks for me," "Wow #truth", "mind explosion,"[3] and ”I think Drake is writing for us.”[5]
>>
>> > As well as more than a million followers, though, his work has some detractors. Chauncey Mabe, a former book critic for the Sun Sentinel, says that "[Macias'] poems seem like those of a very young and immature fellow who is trying to think hard about life. It's Hallmark card level. Only really, really depressed Hallmark cards."[3]
>>
>> > Publications
>> > Beautiful Chaos. Lulu.com / CreateSpace, 2014; Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel, 2016.
>> > Science: The stars in me are the stars in you. Lulu.com, 2015.
>> > A Brilliant Madness. Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel, 2015.
>> > Seeds of Chaos. [Vintage Wild?], 2017.
>> > Broken Flowers, and other stairways to heaven. Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel, 2017.
>> > Moon Theory. Robert M. Drake, 2017.
>> > Star Theory. Vintage Wild, 2018.[8]
>> > Light Theory. Vintage Wild, 2018.[9]
>> > Chaos Theory. Vintage Wild, 2018.[10]
>>
>> > ****************************************************************
>> While I don't exactly love the Drake, I do respect his achievements in poetry.

> Drake is very popular with younger readers.....

I will admit that his poetry doesn't g ab me.

Will Dockery wrote:

> Zod wrote:

>> On Sunday, May 29, 2022 at 7:45:14 AM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
>>> General-Zod wrote:
>>>
> > Michael Pendragon wrote:
>>>
>>> >> On Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 3:43:13 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>> Sure, most poets are unknown to the general public, Pendragon.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Ask some of the average people on any street who their favorite poet is.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> You might be surprised
>>>
>>>
>>> >> Hate the Drake.
>>>
>>>
>>> > More jealousy, V.D. Boy...?
>>>
>>> > ******************************************************
>>>
>>> > https://pennyspoetry.fandom.com/wiki/Robert_M._Drake
>>>
>>> > Robert M. Drake (also R.M. Drake) is the pen name of American poet, novelist, and visual artist Robert Macias [1] (born 1981),[2] who found success by posting on Web forum Instagram. Life
>>> > Youth and education
>>> > Drake was born and raised in Miami, Florida, the youngest of 3 children of Colombian immigrants. His father was a maintenance man at Jackson Memorial Hospital, and his mother worked in a factory.[3]
>>>
>>> > "We were very poor," he recalls. "I remember in elementary school, there was always a book fair every year. I'd see all the other kids getting books. My parents couldn't afford it." His parents were too poor to afford cable television.[3]
>>>
>>> > He began writing at 7, composing and illustrating his own Spiderman and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fan stories.[3]
>>>
>>> > He attended Miami Coral Park Senior High, where he was initially a misfit due to his unstylish clothes and ignorance of teen culture. "I hated high school for the first two years," he later recalled. "I experienced a lot of bullying." Sometimes he pretended to be ill, just so he could stay home that day. He continued writing and painting through high school, and in time got into hip-hop, break dancing, and graffiti art, which helped him gain acceptance. [3]
>>>
>>> > He took English at Dade College, where he discovered John Steinbeck, Virginia Woolfe, and Albert Camus (whose novel The Stranger made a great impression on him). He also studied painting, sculpture, and music,[3] and went on to study digital communication at Florida International University (FIU).[4] A childhood friend had called him "Bobby Drake" (after the superhero in the Marvel X-Men series), and at FIU he began signing his pictures "Robert M. Drake."[5] He graduated from FIU with a fine arts degree in 2010.[4]
>>>
>>> > Career
>>> > How_R.M._Drake_Became_Instagram's_Famous_Poet
>>> > How R.M. Drake Became Instagram's Famous Poet
>>>
>>> > After graduation Drake briefly worked as a content developer for a small company, then took a job as the art director at Spanish-language TV broadcaster Univision.[6]
>>>
>>> > He joined Instagram in November 2012,[6] and began posting his poetry there the following October.[3] He would type each poem using an antique 1940s Royals typewriter on handmade paper, and photograph and upload the image..[6] He also made stencils of some of his poems, and used them to spray paint his poetry around the city, mainly on sidewalks. "Ultimately, as an artist, that's one of the goals," he says. "You want people to see and critique it. I put my work out there to the point where it'll be very hard to ignore who I am." By 2014 his Instagram account had grown to 40,000 viewers.[3]
>>>
>>> > Actress Sohia Bush was the 1st celebrity to repost a Drake poem.[6] In 2014 Khloé Kardashian began following Drake on Instagram and regularly reposting his work; almost immediately his number of followers shot up to 150,000.[3]
>>>
>>> > By 2015 Drake was receiving more than 2,000 reposts a day on Instagram. His followers included more than 30 celebrities,[6] including Bush, Kardashian, Taye Diggs, Ludacris, Paris Hilton, Trina, Jermaine Dupri, Keyshia Cole, Wu-Tang Clan, and Khloé's half-sisters, Kylie and Kendall Jenner. He had a million followers on Instagram and a half-million on Tumblr, and was gaining 25,000 followers a week on Facebook and Twitter.[3]
>>>
>>> > His online success allowed Drake to sign a distribution deal, selling his self-published books through Amazon and Barnes and Noble.[7] In August 2014, he published his debut collection, Beautiful Chaos, which rose to #4 on Amazon's bestseller chart, and quickly sold more than 30,000 copies.[3] By the following month, it had sold 50,000.[6] Inspired by that success, he quit his job at Univision to write full-time.[3]
>>>
>>> > He continues to live and work in Miami,[1] where he deliberately maintains a low profile. He tends to shy away from attention, and turns down invitations to poetry readings and television interview requests. “I just feel better when no one really knows who I am,” he has said.[6]
>>>
>>> > Writing
>>> > The_Poetic_Genius_of_R.M._Drake
>>> > The Poetic Genius of R.M. Drake
>>>
>>> > The Miami Herald notes that "Macias’ posts are easily distinguishable by his fans for their succinctness in verse and visual appeal — both of which the 32-year-old credits to his success."[6] CBS Miami calls them "short, concise and easy to relate to; they are filled with words about self-discovery, loneliness, heart-break and love."[5] His art gallery adds: "Macias writes from the heart, using personal experiences to create lyrical text. From short stories and longer poems to succinct one-sentence verses, Macias touches his readers by displaying a genuine expression of emotion."[1]
>>>
>>> > His fans adore his work, not only reposting, but responding with comments like, "Yes yes yes yes exactly!!!", "He speaks for me," "Wow #truth", "mind explosion,"[3] and ”I think Drake is writing for us.”[5]
>>>
>>> > As well as more than a million followers, though, his work has some detractors. Chauncey Mabe, a former book critic for the Sun Sentinel, says that "[Macias'] poems seem like those of a very young and immature fellow who is trying to think hard about life. It's Hallmark card level. Only really, really depressed Hallmark cards."[3]
>>>
>>> > Publications
>>> > Beautiful Chaos. Lulu.com / CreateSpace, 2014; Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel, 2016.
>>> > Science: The stars in me are the stars in you. Lulu.com, 2015.
>>> > A Brilliant Madness. Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel, 2015.
>>> > Seeds of Chaos. [Vintage Wild?], 2017.
>>> > Broken Flowers, and other stairways to heaven. Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel, 2017.
>>> > Moon Theory. Robert M. Drake, 2017.
>>> > Star Theory. Vintage Wild, 2018.[8]
>>> > Light Theory. Vintage Wild, 2018.[9]
>>> > Chaos Theory. Vintage Wild, 2018.[10]
>>>
>>> > ****************************************************************
>>> While I don't exactly love the Drake, I do respect his achievements in poetry.

>> Drake is very popular with younger readers.....

> I will admit that his poetry doesn't grab me.

I find much of Drake's poetry of interest....

Zod wrote:

> On Sunday, May 29, 2022 at 7:45:14 AM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
>> General-Zod wrote:
>>
>> > Michael Pendragon wrote:
>>
>> >> On Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 3:43:13 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Sure, most poets are unknown to the general public, Pendragon.
>> >>>
>> >>> Ask some of the average people on any street who their favorite poet is.
>> >>>
>> >>> You might be surprised
>>
>>
>> >> Hate the Drake.
>>
>>
>> > More jealousy, V.D. Boy...?
>>
>> > ******************************************************
>>
>> > https://pennyspoetry.fandom.com/wiki/Robert_M._Drake
>>
>> > Robert M. Drake (also R.M. Drake) is the pen name of American poet, novelist, and visual artist Robert Macias [1] (born 1981),[2] who found success by posting on Web forum Instagram. Life
>> > Youth and education
>> > Drake was born and raised in Miami, Florida, the youngest of 3 children of Colombian immigrants. His father was a maintenance man at Jackson Memorial Hospital, and his mother worked in a factory.[3]
>>
>> > "We were very poor," he recalls. "I remember in elementary school, there was always a book fair every year. I'd see all the other kids getting books. My parents couldn't afford it." His parents were too poor to afford cable television.[3]
>>
>> > He began writing at 7, composing and illustrating his own Spiderman and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fan stories.[3]
>>
>> > He attended Miami Coral Park Senior High, where he was initially a misfit due to his unstylish clothes and ignorance of teen culture. "I hated high school for the first two years," he later recalled. "I experienced a lot of bullying." Sometimes he pretended to be ill, just so he could stay home that day. He continued writing and painting through high school, and in time got into hip-hop, break dancing, and graffiti art, which helped him gain acceptance. [3]
>>
>> > He took English at Dade College, where he discovered John Steinbeck, Virginia Woolfe, and Albert Camus (whose novel The Stranger made a great impression on him). He also studied painting, sculpture, and music,[3] and went on to study digital communication at Florida International University (FIU).[4] A childhood friend had called him "Bobby Drake" (after the superhero in the Marvel X-Men series), and at FIU he began signing his pictures "Robert M. Drake."[5] He graduated from FIU with a fine arts degree in 2010.[4]
>>
>> > Career
>> > How_R.M._Drake_Became_Instagram's_Famous_Poet
>> > How R.M. Drake Became Instagram's Famous Poet
>>
>> > After graduation Drake briefly worked as a content developer for a small company, then took a job as the art director at Spanish-language TV broadcaster Univision.[6]
>>
>> > He joined Instagram in November 2012,[6] and began posting his poetry there the following October.[3] He would type each poem using an antique 1940s Royals typewriter on handmade paper, and photograph and upload the image..[6] He also made stencils of some of his poems, and used them to spray paint his poetry around the city, mainly on sidewalks. "Ultimately, as an artist, that's one of the goals," he says. "You want people to see and critique it. I put my work out there to the point where it'll be very hard to ignore who I am." By 2014 his Instagram account had grown to 40,000 viewers.[3]
>>
>> > Actress Sohia Bush was the 1st celebrity to repost a Drake poem.[6] In 2014 Khloé Kardashian began following Drake on Instagram and regularly reposting his work; almost immediately his number of followers shot up to 150,000.[3]
>>
>> > By 2015 Drake was receiving more than 2,000 reposts a day on Instagram. His followers included more than 30 celebrities,[6] including Bush, Kardashian, Taye Diggs, Ludacris, Paris Hilton, Trina, Jermaine Dupri, Keyshia Cole, Wu-Tang Clan, and Khloé's half-sisters, Kylie and Kendall Jenner. He had a million followers on Instagram and a half-million on Tumblr, and was gaining 25,000 followers a week on Facebook and Twitter.[3]
>>
>> > His online success allowed Drake to sign a distribution deal, selling his self-published books through Amazon and Barnes and Noble.[7] In August 2014, he published his debut collection, Beautiful Chaos, which rose to #4 on Amazon's bestseller chart, and quickly sold more than 30,000 copies.[3] By the following month, it had sold 50,000.[6] Inspired by that success, he quit his job at Univision to write full-time.[3]
>>
>> > He continues to live and work in Miami,[1] where he deliberately maintains a low profile. He tends to shy away from attention, and turns down invitations to poetry readings and television interview requests. “I just feel better when no one really knows who I am,” he has said.[6]
>>
>> > Writing
>> > The_Poetic_Genius_of_R.M._Drake
>> > The Poetic Genius of R.M. Drake
>>
>> > The Miami Herald notes that "Macias’ posts are easily distinguishable by his fans for their succinctness in verse and visual appeal — both of which the 32-year-old credits to his success."[6] CBS Miami calls them "short, concise and easy to relate to; they are filled with words about self-discovery, loneliness, heart-break and love."[5] His art gallery adds: "Macias writes from the heart, using personal experiences to create lyrical text. From short stories and longer poems to succinct one-sentence verses, Macias touches his readers by displaying a genuine expression of emotion."[1]
>>
>> > His fans adore his work, not only reposting, but responding with comments like, "Yes yes yes yes exactly!!!", "He speaks for me," "Wow #truth", "mind explosion,"[3] and ”I think Drake is writing for us.”[5]
>>
>> > As well as more than a million followers, though, his work has some detractors. Chauncey Mabe, a former book critic for the Sun Sentinel, says that "[Macias'] poems seem like those of a very young and immature fellow who is trying to think hard about life. It's Hallmark card level. Only really, really depressed Hallmark cards."[3]
>>
>> > Publications
>> > Beautiful Chaos. Lulu.com / CreateSpace, 2014; Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel, 2016.
>> > Science: The stars in me are the stars in you. Lulu.com, 2015.
>> > A Brilliant Madness. Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel, 2015.
>> > Seeds of Chaos. [Vintage Wild?], 2017.
>> > Broken Flowers, and other stairways to heaven. Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel, 2017.
>> > Moon Theory. Robert M. Drake, 2017.
>> > Star Theory. Vintage Wild, 2018.[8]
>> > Light Theory. Vintage Wild, 2018.[9]
>> > Chaos Theory. Vintage Wild, 2018.[10]
>>
>> > ****************************************************************
>> While I don't exactly love the Drake, I do respect his achievements in poetry.

> Drake is very popular with younger readers.....

Yes, and for reaching younger readers, I give him kudos

Will Dockery wrote:
>>> General-Zod wrote:
>>>
>>> > Michael Pendragon wrote:
>>>
>>> >> On Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 3:43:13 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>> Sure, most poets are unknown to the general public, Pendragon.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Ask some of the average people on any street who their favorite poet is.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> You might be surprised
>>>
>>>
>>> >> Hate the Drake.
>>>
>>>
>>> > More jealousy, V.D. Boy...?
>>>
>>> > ******************************************************
>>>
>>> > https://pennyspoetry.fandom.com/wiki/Robert_M._Drake
>>>
>>> > Robert M. Drake (also R.M. Drake) is the pen name of American poet, novelist, and visual artist Robert Macias [1] (born 1981),[2] who found success by posting on Web forum Instagram. Life
>>> > Youth and education
>>> > Drake was born and raised in Miami, Florida, the youngest of 3 children of Colombian immigrants. His father was a maintenance man at Jackson Memorial Hospital, and his mother worked in a factory.[3]
>>>
>>> > "We were very poor," he recalls. "I remember in elementary school, there was always a book fair every year. I'd see all the other kids getting books. My parents couldn't afford it." His parents were too poor to afford cable television.[3]
>>>
>>> > He began writing at 7, composing and illustrating his own Spiderman and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fan stories.[3]
>>>
>>> > He attended Miami Coral Park Senior High, where he was initially a misfit due to his unstylish clothes and ignorance of teen culture. "I hated high school for the first two years," he later recalled. "I experienced a lot of bullying." Sometimes he pretended to be ill, just so he could stay home that day. He continued writing and painting through high school, and in time got into hip-hop, break dancing, and graffiti art, which helped him gain acceptance. [3]
>>>
>>> > He took English at Dade College, where he discovered John Steinbeck, Virginia Woolfe, and Albert Camus (whose novel The Stranger made a great impression on him). He also studied painting, sculpture, and music,[3] and went on to study digital communication at Florida International University (FIU).[4] A childhood friend had called him "Bobby Drake" (after the superhero in the Marvel X-Men series), and at FIU he began signing his pictures "Robert M. Drake."[5] He graduated from FIU with a fine arts degree in 2010.[4]
>>>
>>> > Career
>>> > How_R.M._Drake_Became_Instagram's_Famous_Poet
>>> > How R.M. Drake Became Instagram's Famous Poet
>>>
>>> > After graduation Drake briefly worked as a content developer for a small company, then took a job as the art director at Spanish-language TV broadcaster Univision.[6]
>>>
>>> > He joined Instagram in November 2012,[6] and began posting his poetry there the following October.[3] He would type each poem using an antique 1940s Royals typewriter on handmade paper, and photograph and upload the image..[6] He also made stencils of some of his poems, and used them to spray paint his poetry around the city, mainly on sidewalks. "Ultimately, as an artist, that's one of the goals," he says. "You want people to see and critique it. I put my work out there to the point where it'll be very hard to ignore who I am." By 2014 his Instagram account had grown to 40,000 viewers.[3]
>>>
>>> > Actress Sohia Bush was the 1st celebrity to repost a Drake poem.[6] In 2014 Khloé Kardashian began following Drake on Instagram and regularly reposting his work; almost immediately his number of followers shot up to 150,000.[3]
>>>
>>> > By 2015 Drake was receiving more than 2,000 reposts a day on Instagram. His followers included more than 30 celebrities,[6] including Bush, Kardashian, Taye Diggs, Ludacris, Paris Hilton, Trina, Jermaine Dupri, Keyshia Cole, Wu-Tang Clan, and Khloé's half-sisters, Kylie and Kendall Jenner. He had a million followers on Instagram and a half-million on Tumblr, and was gaining 25,000 followers a week on Facebook and Twitter.[3]
>>>
>>> > His online success allowed Drake to sign a distribution deal, selling his self-published books through Amazon and Barnes and Noble.[7] In August 2014, he published his debut collection, Beautiful Chaos, which rose to #4 on Amazon's bestseller chart, and quickly sold more than 30,000 copies.[3] By the following month, it had sold 50,000.[6] Inspired by that success, he quit his job at Univision to write full-time.[3]
>>>
>>> > He continues to live and work in Miami,[1] where he deliberately maintains a low profile. He tends to shy away from attention, and turns down invitations to poetry readings and television interview requests. “I just feel better when no one really knows who I am,” he has said.[6]
>>>
>>> > Writing
>>> > The_Poetic_Genius_of_R.M._Drake
>>> > The Poetic Genius of R.M. Drake
>>>
>>> > The Miami Herald notes that "Macias’ posts are easily distinguishable by his fans for their succinctness in verse and visual appeal — both of which the 32-year-old credits to his success."[6] CBS Miami calls them "short, concise and easy to relate to; they are filled with words about self-discovery, loneliness, heart-break and love."[5] His art gallery adds: "Macias writes from the heart, using personal experiences to create lyrical text. From short stories and longer poems to succinct one-sentence verses, Macias touches his readers by displaying a genuine expression of emotion."[1]
>>>
>>> > His fans adore his work, not only reposting, but responding with comments like, "Yes yes yes yes exactly!!!", "He speaks for me," "Wow #truth", "mind explosion,"[3] and ”I think Drake is writing for us.”[5]
>>>
>>> > As well as more than a million followers, though, his work has some detractors. Chauncey Mabe, a former book critic for the Sun Sentinel, says that "[Macias'] poems seem like those of a very young and immature fellow who is trying to think hard about life. It's Hallmark card level. Only really, really depressed Hallmark cards."[3]
>>>
>>> > Publications
>>> > Beautiful Chaos. Lulu.com / CreateSpace, 2014; Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel, 2016.
>>> > Science: The stars in me are the stars in you. Lulu.com, 2015.
>>> > A Brilliant Madness. Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel, 2015.
>>> > Seeds of Chaos. [Vintage Wild?], 2017.
>>> > Broken Flowers, and other stairways to heaven. Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel, 2017.
>>> > Moon Theory. Robert M. Drake, 2017.
>>> > Star Theory. Vintage Wild, 2018.[8]
>>> > Light Theory. Vintage Wild, 2018.[9]
>>> > Chaos Theory. Vintage Wild, 2018.[10]
>>>
>>> > ****************************************************************
>>> While I don't exactly love the Drake, I do respect his achievements in poetry.

>> Drake is very popular with younger readers.....

> Yes, and for reaching younger readers, I give him kudos

Indeed...

Zod wrote:

> On Sunday, May 29, 2022 at 7:45:14 AM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
>> General-Zod wrote:
>>
>> > Michael Pendragon wrote:
>>
>> >> On Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 3:43:13 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Sure, most poets are unknown to the general public, Pendragon.
>> >>>
>> >>> Ask some of the average people on any street who their favorite poet is.
>> >>>
>> >>> You might be surprised
>>
>>
>> >> Hate the Drake.
>>
>>
>> > More jealousy, V.D. Boy...?
>>
>> > ******************************************************
>>
>> > https://pennyspoetry.fandom.com/wiki/Robert_M._Drake
>>
>> > Robert M. Drake (also R.M. Drake) is the pen name of American poet, novelist, and visual artist Robert Macias [1] (born 1981),[2] who found success by posting on Web forum Instagram. Life
>> > Youth and education
>> > Drake was born and raised in Miami, Florida, the youngest of 3 children of Colombian immigrants. His father was a maintenance man at Jackson Memorial Hospital, and his mother worked in a factory.[3]
>>
>> > "We were very poor," he recalls. "I remember in elementary school, there was always a book fair every year. I'd see all the other kids getting books. My parents couldn't afford it." His parents were too poor to afford cable television.[3]
>>
>> > He began writing at 7, composing and illustrating his own Spiderman and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fan stories.[3]
>>
>> > He attended Miami Coral Park Senior High, where he was initially a misfit due to his unstylish clothes and ignorance of teen culture. "I hated high school for the first two years," he later recalled. "I experienced a lot of bullying." Sometimes he pretended to be ill, just so he could stay home that day. He continued writing and painting through high school, and in time got into hip-hop, break dancing, and graffiti art, which helped him gain acceptance. [3]
>>
>> > He took English at Dade College, where he discovered John Steinbeck, Virginia Woolfe, and Albert Camus (whose novel The Stranger made a great impression on him). He also studied painting, sculpture, and music,[3] and went on to study digital communication at Florida International University (FIU).[4] A childhood friend had called him "Bobby Drake" (after the superhero in the Marvel X-Men series), and at FIU he began signing his pictures "Robert M. Drake."[5] He graduated from FIU with a fine arts degree in 2010.[4]
>>
>> > Career
>> > How_R.M._Drake_Became_Instagram's_Famous_Poet
>> > How R.M. Drake Became Instagram's Famous Poet
>>
>> > After graduation Drake briefly worked as a content developer for a small company, then took a job as the art director at Spanish-language TV broadcaster Univision.[6]
>>
>> > He joined Instagram in November 2012,[6] and began posting his poetry there the following October.[3] He would type each poem using an antique 1940s Royals typewriter on handmade paper, and photograph and upload the image..[6] He also made stencils of some of his poems, and used them to spray paint his poetry around the city, mainly on sidewalks. "Ultimately, as an artist, that's one of the goals," he says. "You want people to see and critique it. I put my work out there to the point where it'll be very hard to ignore who I am." By 2014 his Instagram account had grown to 40,000 viewers.[3]
>>
>> > Actress Sohia Bush was the 1st celebrity to repost a Drake poem.[6] In 2014 Khloé Kardashian began following Drake on Instagram and regularly reposting his work; almost immediately his number of followers shot up to 150,000.[3]
>>
>> > By 2015 Drake was receiving more than 2,000 reposts a day on Instagram. His followers included more than 30 celebrities,[6] including Bush, Kardashian, Taye Diggs, Ludacris, Paris Hilton, Trina, Jermaine Dupri, Keyshia Cole, Wu-Tang Clan, and Khloé's half-sisters, Kylie and Kendall Jenner. He had a million followers on Instagram and a half-million on Tumblr, and was gaining 25,000 followers a week on Facebook and Twitter.[3]
>>
>> > His online success allowed Drake to sign a distribution deal, selling his self-published books through Amazon and Barnes and Noble.[7] In August 2014, he published his debut collection, Beautiful Chaos, which rose to #4 on Amazon's bestseller chart, and quickly sold more than 30,000 copies.[3] By the following month, it had sold 50,000.[6] Inspired by that success, he quit his job at Univision to write full-time.[3]
>>
>> > He continues to live and work in Miami,[1] where he deliberately maintains a low profile. He tends to shy away from attention, and turns down invitations to poetry readings and television interview requests. “I just feel better when no one really knows who I am,” he has said.[6]
>>
>> > Writing
>> > The_Poetic_Genius_of_R.M._Drake
>> > The Poetic Genius of R.M. Drake
>>
>> > The Miami Herald notes that "Macias’ posts are easily distinguishable by his fans for their succinctness in verse and visual appeal — both of which the 32-year-old credits to his success."[6] CBS Miami calls them "short, concise and easy to relate to; they are filled with words about self-discovery, loneliness, heart-break and love."[5] His art gallery adds: "Macias writes from the heart, using personal experiences to create lyrical text. From short stories and longer poems to succinct one-sentence verses, Macias touches his readers by displaying a genuine expression of emotion."[1]
>>
>> > His fans adore his work, not only reposting, but responding with comments like, "Yes yes yes yes exactly!!!", "He speaks for me," "Wow #truth", "mind explosion,"[3] and ”I think Drake is writing for us.”[5]
>>
>> > As well as more than a million followers, though, his work has some detractors. Chauncey Mabe, a former book critic for the Sun Sentinel, says that "[Macias'] poems seem like those of a very young and immature fellow who is trying to think hard about life. It's Hallmark card level. Only really, really depressed Hallmark cards."[3]
>>
>> > Publications
>> > Beautiful Chaos. Lulu.com / CreateSpace, 2014; Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel, 2016.
>> > Science: The stars in me are the stars in you. Lulu.com, 2015.
>> > A Brilliant Madness. Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel, 2015.
>> > Seeds of Chaos. [Vintage Wild?], 2017.
>> > Broken Flowers, and other stairways to heaven. Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel, 2017.
>> > Moon Theory. Robert M. Drake, 2017.
>> > Star Theory. Vintage Wild, 2018.[8]
>> > Light Theory. Vintage Wild, 2018.[9]
>> > Chaos Theory. Vintage Wild, 2018.[10]
>>
>> > ****************************************************************
>> While I don't exactly love the Drake, I do respect his achievements in poetry.

> Drake is very popular with younger readers.....

Amazingly so.

Zod wrote:

> Will Dockery write:
>> General-Zod wrote:
>>
>> > Michael Pendragon wrote:
>>
>> >> On Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 3:43:13 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Sure, most poets are unknown to the general public, Pendragon.
>> >>>
>> >>> Ask some of the average people on any street who their favorite poet is.
>> >>>
>> >>> You might be surprised
>>
>>
>> >> Hate the Drake.
>>
>>
>> > More jealousy, V.D. Boy...?
>>
>> > ******************************************************
>>
>> > https://pennyspoetry.fandom.com/wiki/Robert_M._Drake
>>
>> > Robert M. Drake (also R.M. Drake) is the pen name of American poet, novelist, and visual artist Robert Macias [1] (born 1981),[2] who found success by posting on Web forum Instagram. Life
>> > Youth and education
>> > Drake was born and raised in Miami, Florida, the youngest of 3 children of Colombian immigrants. His father was a maintenance man at Jackson Memorial Hospital, and his mother worked in a factory.[3]
>>
>> > "We were very poor," he recalls. "I remember in elementary school, there was always a book fair every year. I'd see all the other kids getting books. My parents couldn't afford it." His parents were too poor to afford cable television.[3]
>>
>> > He began writing at 7, composing and illustrating his own Spiderman and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fan stories.[3]
>>
>> > He attended Miami Coral Park Senior High, where he was initially a misfit due to his unstylish clothes and ignorance of teen culture. "I hated high school for the first two years," he later recalled. "I experienced a lot of bullying." Sometimes he pretended to be ill, just so he could stay home that day. He continued writing and painting through high school, and in time got into hip-hop, break dancing, and graffiti art, which helped him gain acceptance. [3]
>>
>> > He took English at Dade College, where he discovered John Steinbeck, Virginia Woolfe, and Albert Camus (whose novel The Stranger made a great impression on him). He also studied painting, sculpture, and music,[3] and went on to study digital communication at Florida International University (FIU).[4] A childhood friend had called him "Bobby Drake" (after the superhero in the Marvel X-Men series), and at FIU he began signing his pictures "Robert M. Drake."[5] He graduated from FIU with a fine arts degree in 2010.[4]
>>
>> > Career
>> > How_R.M._Drake_Became_Instagram's_Famous_Poet
>> > How R.M. Drake Became Instagram's Famous Poet
>>
>> > After graduation Drake briefly worked as a content developer for a small company, then took a job as the art director at Spanish-language TV broadcaster Univision.[6]
>>
>> > He joined Instagram in November 2012,[6] and began posting his poetry there the following October.[3] He would type each poem using an antique 1940s Royals typewriter on handmade paper, and photograph and upload the image..[6] He also made stencils of some of his poems, and used them to spray paint his poetry around the city, mainly on sidewalks. "Ultimately, as an artist, that's one of the goals," he says. "You want people to see and critique it. I put my work out there to the point where it'll be very hard to ignore who I am." By 2014 his Instagram account had grown to 40,000 viewers.[3]
>>
>> > Actress Sohia Bush was the 1st celebrity to repost a Drake poem.[6] In 2014 Khloé Kardashian began following Drake on Instagram and regularly reposting his work; almost immediately his number of followers shot up to 150,000.[3]
>>
>> > By 2015 Drake was receiving more than 2,000 reposts a day on Instagram. His followers included more than 30 celebrities,[6] including Bush, Kardashian, Taye Diggs, Ludacris, Paris Hilton, Trina, Jermaine Dupri, Keyshia Cole, Wu-Tang Clan, and Khloé's half-sisters, Kylie and Kendall Jenner. He had a million followers on Instagram and a half-million on Tumblr, and was gaining 25,000 followers a week on Facebook and Twitter.[3]
>>
>> > His online success allowed Drake to sign a distribution deal, selling his self-published books through Amazon and Barnes and Noble.[7] In August 2014, he published his debut collection, Beautiful Chaos, which rose to #4 on Amazon's bestseller chart, and quickly sold more than 30,000 copies.[3] By the following month, it had sold 50,000.[6] Inspired by that success, he quit his job at Univision to write full-time.[3]
>>
>> > He continues to live and work in Miami,[1] where he deliberately maintains a low profile. He tends to shy away from attention, and turns down invitations to poetry readings and television interview requests. “I just feel better when no one really knows who I am,” he has said.[6]
>>
>> > Writing
>> > The_Poetic_Genius_of_R.M._Drake
>> > The Poetic Genius of R.M. Drake
>>
>> > The Miami Herald notes that "Macias’ posts are easily distinguishable by his fans for their succinctness in verse and visual appeal — both of which the 32-year-old credits to his success."[6] CBS Miami calls them "short, concise and easy to relate to; they are filled with words about self-discovery, loneliness, heart-break and love."[5] His art gallery adds: "Macias writes from the heart, using personal experiences to create lyrical text. From short stories and longer poems to succinct one-sentence verses, Macias touches his readers by displaying a genuine expression of emotion."[1]
>>
>> > His fans adore his work, not only reposting, but responding with comments like, "Yes yes yes yes exactly!!!", "He speaks for me," "Wow #truth", "mind explosion,"[3] and ”I think Drake is writing for us.”[5]
>>
>> > As well as more than a million followers, though, his work has some detractors. Chauncey Mabe, a former book critic for the Sun Sentinel, says that "[Macias'] poems seem like those of a very young and immature fellow who is trying to think hard about life. It's Hallmark card level. Only really, really depressed Hallmark cards."[3]
>>
>> > Publications
>> > Beautiful Chaos. Lulu.com / CreateSpace, 2014; Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel, 2016.
>> > Science: The stars in me are the stars in you. Lulu.com, 2015.
>> > A Brilliant Madness. Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel, 2015.
>> > Seeds of Chaos. [Vintage Wild?], 2017.
>> > Broken Flowers, and other stairways to heaven. Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel, 2017.
>> > Moon Theory. Robert M. Drake, 2017.
>> > Star Theory. Vintage Wild, 2018.[8]
>> > Light Theory. Vintage Wild, 2018.[9]
>> > Chaos Theory. Vintage Wild, 2018.[10]
>>
>> > ****************************************************************
>> While I don't exactly love the Drake, I do respect his achievements in poetry.

> Drake is very popular with younger readers.....

Another poet which Pendragon is apparently clueless about.

Will Dockery write:
>>> General-Zod wrote:
>>>
>>> > Michael Pendragon wrote:
>>>
>>> >> On Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 3:43:13 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>> Sure, most poets are unknown to the general public, Pendragon.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Ask some of the average people on any street who their favorite poet is.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> You might be surprised
>>>
>>>
>>> >> Hate the Drake.
>>>
>>>
>>> > More jealousy, V.D. Boy...?
>>>
>>> > ******************************************************
>>>
>>> > https://pennyspoetry.fandom.com/wiki/Robert_M._Drake
>>>
>>> > Robert M. Drake (also R.M. Drake) is the pen name of American poet, novelist, and visual artist Robert Macias [1] (born 1981),[2] who found success by posting on Web forum Instagram. Life
>>> > Youth and education
>>> > Drake was born and raised in Miami, Florida, the youngest of 3 children of Colombian immigrants. His father was a maintenance man at Jackson Memorial Hospital, and his mother worked in a factory.[3]
>>>
>>> > "We were very poor," he recalls. "I remember in elementary school, there was always a book fair every year. I'd see all the other kids getting books. My parents couldn't afford it." His parents were too poor to afford cable television.[3]
>>>
>>> > He began writing at 7, composing and illustrating his own Spiderman and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fan stories.[3]
>>>
>>> > He attended Miami Coral Park Senior High, where he was initially a misfit due to his unstylish clothes and ignorance of teen culture. "I hated high school for the first two years," he later recalled. "I experienced a lot of bullying." Sometimes he pretended to be ill, just so he could stay home that day. He continued writing and painting through high school, and in time got into hip-hop, break dancing, and graffiti art, which helped him gain acceptance. [3]
>>>
>>> > He took English at Dade College, where he discovered John Steinbeck, Virginia Woolfe, and Albert Camus (whose novel The Stranger made a great impression on him). He also studied painting, sculpture, and music,[3] and went on to study digital communication at Florida International University (FIU).[4] A childhood friend had called him "Bobby Drake" (after the superhero in the Marvel X-Men series), and at FIU he began signing his pictures "Robert M. Drake."[5] He graduated from FIU with a fine arts degree in 2010.[4]
>>>
>>> > Career
>>> > How_R.M._Drake_Became_Instagram's_Famous_Poet
>>> > How R.M. Drake Became Instagram's Famous Poet
>>>
>>> > After graduation Drake briefly worked as a content developer for a small company, then took a job as the art director at Spanish-language TV broadcaster Univision.[6]
>>>
>>> > He joined Instagram in November 2012,[6] and began posting his poetry there the following October.[3] He would type each poem using an antique 1940s Royals typewriter on handmade paper, and photograph and upload the image..[6] He also made stencils of some of his poems, and used them to spray paint his poetry around the city, mainly on sidewalks. "Ultimately, as an artist, that's one of the goals," he says. "You want people to see and critique it. I put my work out there to the point where it'll be very hard to ignore who I am." By 2014 his Instagram account had grown to 40,000 viewers.[3]
>>>
>>> > Actress Sohia Bush was the 1st celebrity to repost a Drake poem.[6] In 2014 Khloé Kardashian began following Drake on Instagram and regularly reposting his work; almost immediately his number of followers shot up to 150,000.[3]
>>>
>>> > By 2015 Drake was receiving more than 2,000 reposts a day on Instagram. His followers included more than 30 celebrities,[6] including Bush, Kardashian, Taye Diggs, Ludacris, Paris Hilton, Trina, Jermaine Dupri, Keyshia Cole, Wu-Tang Clan, and Khloé's half-sisters, Kylie and Kendall Jenner. He had a million followers on Instagram and a half-million on Tumblr, and was gaining 25,000 followers a week on Facebook and Twitter.[3]
>>>
>>> > His online success allowed Drake to sign a distribution deal, selling his self-published books through Amazon and Barnes and Noble.[7] In August 2014, he published his debut collection, Beautiful Chaos, which rose to #4 on Amazon's bestseller chart, and quickly sold more than 30,000 copies.[3] By the following month, it had sold 50,000.[6] Inspired by that success, he quit his job at Univision to write full-time.[3]
>>>
>>> > He continues to live and work in Miami,[1] where he deliberately maintains a low profile. He tends to shy away from attention, and turns down invitations to poetry readings and television interview requests. “I just feel better when no one really knows who I am,” he has said.[6]
>>>
>>> > Writing
>>> > The_Poetic_Genius_of_R.M._Drake
>>> > The Poetic Genius of R.M. Drake
>>>
>>> > The Miami Herald notes that "Macias’ posts are easily distinguishable by his fans for their succinctness in verse and visual appeal — both of which the 32-year-old credits to his success."[6] CBS Miami calls them "short, concise and easy to relate to; they are filled with words about self-discovery, loneliness, heart-break and love."[5] His art gallery adds: "Macias writes from the heart, using personal experiences to create lyrical text. From short stories and longer poems to succinct one-sentence verses, Macias touches his readers by displaying a genuine expression of emotion."[1]
>>>
>>> > His fans adore his work, not only reposting, but responding with comments like, "Yes yes yes yes exactly!!!", "He speaks for me," "Wow #truth", "mind explosion,"[3] and ”I think Drake is writing for us.”[5]
>>>
>>> > As well as more than a million followers, though, his work has some detractors. Chauncey Mabe, a former book critic for the Sun Sentinel, says that "[Macias'] poems seem like those of a very young and immature fellow who is trying to think hard about life. It's Hallmark card level. Only really, really depressed Hallmark cards."[3]
>>>
>>> > Publications
>>> > Beautiful Chaos. Lulu.com / CreateSpace, 2014; Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel, 2016.
>>> > Science: The stars in me are the stars in you. Lulu.com, 2015.
>>> > A Brilliant Madness. Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel, 2015.
>>> > Seeds of Chaos. [Vintage Wild?], 2017.
>>> > Broken Flowers, and other stairways to heaven. Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel, 2017.
>>> > Moon Theory. Robert M. Drake, 2017.
>>> > Star Theory. Vintage Wild, 2018.[8]
>>> > Light Theory. Vintage Wild, 2018.[9]
>>> > Chaos Theory. Vintage Wild, 2018.[10]
>>>
>>> > ****************************************************************
>>> While I don't exactly love the Drake, I do respect his achievements in poetry.

>> Drake is very popular with younger readers.....

> Another poet which Pendragon is apparently clueless about.

One of hundreds it seems....

Zod wrote:

> Will Dockery write:
>>>> General-Zod wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > Michael Pendragon wrote:
>>>>
>>>> >> On Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 3:43:13 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >>> Sure, most poets are unknown to the general public, Pendragon.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Ask some of the average people on any street who their favorite poet is.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> You might be surprised
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> >> Hate the Drake.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> > More jealousy, V.D. Boy...?
>>>>
>>>> > ******************************************************
>>>>
>>>> > https://pennyspoetry.fandom.com/wiki/Robert_M._Drake
>>>>
>>>> > Robert M. Drake (also R.M. Drake) is the pen name of American poet, novelist, and visual artist Robert Macias [1] (born 1981),[2] who found success by posting on Web forum Instagram. Life
>>>> > Youth and education
>>>> > Drake was born and raised in Miami, Florida, the youngest of 3 children of Colombian immigrants. His father was a maintenance man at Jackson Memorial Hospital, and his mother worked in a factory.[3]
>>>>
>>>> > "We were very poor," he recalls. "I remember in elementary school, there was always a book fair every year. I'd see all the other kids getting books. My parents couldn't afford it." His parents were too poor to afford cable television.[3]
>>>>
>>>> > He began writing at 7, composing and illustrating his own Spiderman and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fan stories.[3]
>>>>
>>>> > He attended Miami Coral Park Senior High, where he was initially a misfit due to his unstylish clothes and ignorance of teen culture. "I hated high school for the first two years," he later recalled. "I experienced a lot of bullying." Sometimes he pretended to be ill, just so he could stay home that day. He continued writing and painting through high school, and in time got into hip-hop, break dancing, and graffiti art, which helped him gain acceptance. [3]
>>>>
>>>> > He took English at Dade College, where he discovered John Steinbeck, Virginia Woolfe, and Albert Camus (whose novel The Stranger made a great impression on him). He also studied painting, sculpture, and music,[3] and went on to study digital communication at Florida International University (FIU).[4] A childhood friend had called him "Bobby Drake" (after the superhero in the Marvel X-Men series), and at FIU he began signing his pictures "Robert M. Drake."[5] He graduated from FIU with a fine arts degree in 2010.[4]
>>>>
>>>> > Career
>>>> > How_R.M._Drake_Became_Instagram's_Famous_Poet
>>>> > How R.M. Drake Became Instagram's Famous Poet
>>>>
>>>> > After graduation Drake briefly worked as a content developer for a small company, then took a job as the art director at Spanish-language TV broadcaster Univision.[6]
>>>>
>>>> > He joined Instagram in November 2012,[6] and began posting his poetry there the following October.[3] He would type each poem using an antique 1940s Royals typewriter on handmade paper, and photograph and upload the image..[6] He also made stencils of some of his poems, and used them to spray paint his poetry around the city, mainly on sidewalks. "Ultimately, as an artist, that's one of the goals," he says. "You want people to see and critique it. I put my work out there to the point where it'll be very hard to ignore who I am." By 2014 his Instagram account had grown to 40,000 viewers.[3]
>>>>
>>>> > Actress Sohia Bush was the 1st celebrity to repost a Drake poem.[6] In 2014 Khloé Kardashian began following Drake on Instagram and regularly reposting his work; almost immediately his number of followers shot up to 150,000.[3]
>>>>
>>>> > By 2015 Drake was receiving more than 2,000 reposts a day on Instagram. His followers included more than 30 celebrities,[6] including Bush, Kardashian, Taye Diggs, Ludacris, Paris Hilton, Trina, Jermaine Dupri, Keyshia Cole, Wu-Tang Clan, and Khloé's half-sisters, Kylie and Kendall Jenner. He had a million followers on Instagram and a half-million on Tumblr, and was gaining 25,000 followers a week on Facebook and Twitter.[3]
>>>>
>>>> > His online success allowed Drake to sign a distribution deal, selling his self-published books through Amazon and Barnes and Noble.[7] In August 2014, he published his debut collection, Beautiful Chaos, which rose to #4 on Amazon's bestseller chart, and quickly sold more than 30,000 copies.[3] By the following month, it had sold 50,000.[6] Inspired by that success, he quit his job at Univision to write full-time.[3]
>>>>
>>>> > He continues to live and work in Miami,[1] where he deliberately maintains a low profile. He tends to shy away from attention, and turns down invitations to poetry readings and television interview requests. “I just feel better when no one really knows who I am,” he has said.[6]
>>>>
>>>> > Writing
>>>> > The_Poetic_Genius_of_R.M._Drake
>>>> > The Poetic Genius of R.M. Drake
>>>>
>>>> > The Miami Herald notes that "Macias’ posts are easily distinguishable by his fans for their succinctness in verse and visual appeal — both of which the 32-year-old credits to his success."[6] CBS Miami calls them "short, concise and easy to relate to; they are filled with words about self-discovery, loneliness, heart-break and love."[5] His art gallery adds: "Macias writes from the heart, using personal experiences to create lyrical text. From short stories and longer poems to succinct one-sentence verses, Macias touches his readers by displaying a genuine expression of emotion."[1]
>>>>
>>>> > His fans adore his work, not only reposting, but responding with comments like, "Yes yes yes yes exactly!!!", "He speaks for me," "Wow #truth", "mind explosion,"[3] and ”I think Drake is writing for us.”[5]
>>>>
>>>> > As well as more than a million followers, though, his work has some detractors. Chauncey Mabe, a former book critic for the Sun Sentinel, says that "[Macias'] poems seem like those of a very young and immature fellow who is trying to think hard about life. It's Hallmark card level. Only really, really depressed Hallmark cards."[3]
>>>>
>>>> > Publications
>>>> > Beautiful Chaos. Lulu.com / CreateSpace, 2014; Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel, 2016.
>>>> > Science: The stars in me are the stars in you. Lulu.com, 2015.
>>>> > A Brilliant Madness. Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel, 2015.
>>>> > Seeds of Chaos. [Vintage Wild?], 2017.
>>>> > Broken Flowers, and other stairways to heaven. Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel, 2017.
>>>> > Moon Theory. Robert M. Drake, 2017.
>>>> > Star Theory. Vintage Wild, 2018.[8]
>>>> > Light Theory. Vintage Wild, 2018.[9]
>>>> > Chaos Theory. Vintage Wild, 2018.[10]
>>>>
>>>> > ****************************************************************
>>>> While I don't exactly love the Drake, I do respect his achievements in poetry.

>>> Drake is very popular with younger readers.....

>> Another poet which Pendragon is apparently clueless about.

> One of hundreds it seems....

At least.

W.Dockery wrote:

> Zod wrote:

>> Will Dockery write:
>>>>> General-Zod wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> > Michael Pendragon wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> >> On Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 3:43:13 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>> Sure, most poets are unknown to the general public, Pendragon.
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> Ask some of the average people on any street who their favorite poet is.
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> You might be surprised
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> >> Hate the Drake.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> > More jealousy, V.D. Boy...?
>>>>>
>>>>> > ******************************************************
>>>>>
>>>>> > https://pennyspoetry.fandom.com/wiki/Robert_M._Drake
>>>>>
>>>>> > Robert M. Drake (also R.M. Drake) is the pen name of American poet, novelist, and visual artist Robert Macias [1] (born 1981),[2] who found success by posting on Web forum Instagram. Life
>>>>> > Youth and education
>>>>> > Drake was born and raised in Miami, Florida, the youngest of 3 children of Colombian immigrants. His father was a maintenance man at Jackson Memorial Hospital, and his mother worked in a factory.[3]
>>>>>
>>>>> > "We were very poor," he recalls. "I remember in elementary school, there was always a book fair every year. I'd see all the other kids getting books. My parents couldn't afford it." His parents were too poor to afford cable television.[3]
>>>>>
>>>>> > He began writing at 7, composing and illustrating his own Spiderman and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fan stories.[3]
>>>>>
>>>>> > He attended Miami Coral Park Senior High, where he was initially a misfit due to his unstylish clothes and ignorance of teen culture. "I hated high school for the first two years," he later recalled. "I experienced a lot of bullying." Sometimes he pretended to be ill, just so he could stay home that day. He continued writing and painting through high school, and in time got into hip-hop, break dancing, and graffiti art, which helped him gain acceptance. [3]
>>>>>
>>>>> > He took English at Dade College, where he discovered John Steinbeck, Virginia Woolfe, and Albert Camus (whose novel The Stranger made a great impression on him). He also studied painting, sculpture, and music,[3] and went on to study digital communication at Florida International University (FIU).[4] A childhood friend had called him "Bobby Drake" (after the superhero in the Marvel X-Men series), and at FIU he began signing his pictures "Robert M. Drake."[5] He graduated from FIU with a fine arts degree in 2010.[4]
>>>>>
>>>>> > Career
>>>>> > How_R.M._Drake_Became_Instagram's_Famous_Poet
>>>>> > How R.M. Drake Became Instagram's Famous Poet
>>>>>
>>>>> > After graduation Drake briefly worked as a content developer for a small company, then took a job as the art director at Spanish-language TV broadcaster Univision.[6]
>>>>>
>>>>> > He joined Instagram in November 2012,[6] and began posting his poetry there the following October.[3] He would type each poem using an antique 1940s Royals typewriter on handmade paper, and photograph and upload the image..[6] He also made stencils of some of his poems, and used them to spray paint his poetry around the city, mainly on sidewalks. "Ultimately, as an artist, that's one of the goals," he says. "You want people to see and critique it. I put my work out there to the point where it'll be very hard to ignore who I am." By 2014 his Instagram account had grown to 40,000 viewers.[3]
>>>>>
>>>>> > Actress Sohia Bush was the 1st celebrity to repost a Drake poem.[6] In 2014 Khloé Kardashian began following Drake on Instagram and regularly reposting his work; almost immediately his number of followers shot up to 150,000.[3]
>>>>>
>>>>> > By 2015 Drake was receiving more than 2,000 reposts a day on Instagram. His followers included more than 30 celebrities,[6] including Bush, Kardashian, Taye Diggs, Ludacris, Paris Hilton, Trina, Jermaine Dupri, Keyshia Cole, Wu-Tang Clan, and Khloé's half-sisters, Kylie and Kendall Jenner. He had a million followers on Instagram and a half-million on Tumblr, and was gaining 25,000 followers a week on Facebook and Twitter.[3]
>>>>>
>>>>> > His online success allowed Drake to sign a distribution deal, selling his self-published books through Amazon and Barnes and Noble.[7] In August 2014, he published his debut collection, Beautiful Chaos, which rose to #4 on Amazon's bestseller chart, and quickly sold more than 30,000 copies.[3] By the following month, it had sold 50,000.[6] Inspired by that success, he quit his job at Univision to write full-time.[3]
>>>>>
>>>>> > He continues to live and work in Miami,[1] where he deliberately maintains a low profile. He tends to shy away from attention, and turns down invitations to poetry readings and television interview requests. “I just feel better when no one really knows who I am,” he has said.[6]
>>>>>
>>>>> > Writing
>>>>> > The_Poetic_Genius_of_R.M._Drake
>>>>> > The Poetic Genius of R.M. Drake
>>>>>
>>>>> > The Miami Herald notes that "Macias’ posts are easily distinguishable by his fans for their succinctness in verse and visual appeal — both of which the 32-year-old credits to his success."[6] CBS Miami calls them "short, concise and easy to relate to; they are filled with words about self-discovery, loneliness, heart-break and love."[5] His art gallery adds: "Macias writes from the heart, using personal experiences to create lyrical text. From short stories and longer poems to succinct one-sentence verses, Macias touches his readers by displaying a genuine expression of emotion."[1]
>>>>>
>>>>> > His fans adore his work, not only reposting, but responding with comments like, "Yes yes yes yes exactly!!!", "He speaks for me," "Wow #truth", "mind explosion,"[3] and ”I think Drake is writing for us.”[5]
>>>>>
>>>>> > As well as more than a million followers, though, his work has some detractors. Chauncey Mabe, a former book critic for the Sun Sentinel, says that "[Macias'] poems seem like those of a very young and immature fellow who is trying to think hard about life. It's Hallmark card level. Only really, really depressed Hallmark cards."[3]
>>>>>
>>>>> > Publications
>>>>> > Beautiful Chaos. Lulu.com / CreateSpace, 2014; Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel, 2016.
>>>>> > Science: The stars in me are the stars in you. Lulu.com, 2015.
>>>>> > A Brilliant Madness. Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel, 2015.
>>>>> > Seeds of Chaos. [Vintage Wild?], 2017.
>>>>> > Broken Flowers, and other stairways to heaven. Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel, 2017.
>>>>> > Moon Theory. Robert M. Drake, 2017.
>>>>> > Star Theory. Vintage Wild, 2018.[8]
>>>>> > Light Theory. Vintage Wild, 2018.[9]
>>>>> > Chaos Theory. Vintage Wild, 2018.[10]
>>>>>
>>>>> > ****************************************************************
>>>>> While I don't exactly love the Drake, I do respect his achievements in poetry.

>>>> Drake is very popular with younger readers.....

>>> Another poet which Pendragon is apparently clueless about.

>> One of hundreds it seems....

> At least.

Good day to you....

Zod wrote:
> Will Dockery write:
>> General-Zod wrote:
>
>>>> Michael Pendragon wrote:
>>>>> Will Dockery wrote:
>
>>>>>> >>> Sure, most poets are unknown to the general public, Pendragon.
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> Ask some of the average people on any street who their favorite poet is.
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> You might be surprised
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> >> Hate the Drake.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > More jealousy, V.D. Boy...?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > ******************************************************
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > https://pennyspoetry.fandom.com/wiki/Robert_M._Drake
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > Robert M. Drake (also R.M. Drake) is the pen name of American poet, novelist, and visual artist Robert Macias [1] (born 1981),[2] who found success by posting on Web forum Instagram. Life
>>>>>> > Youth and education
>>>>>> > Drake was born and raised in Miami, Florida, the youngest of 3 children of Colombian immigrants. His father was a maintenance man at Jackson Memorial Hospital, and his mother worked in a factory.[3]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > "We were very poor," he recalls. "I remember in elementary school, there was always a book fair every year. I'd see all the other kids getting books. My parents couldn't afford it." His parents were too poor to afford cable television.[3]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > He began writing at 7, composing and illustrating his own Spiderman and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fan stories.[3]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > He attended Miami Coral Park Senior High, where he was initially a misfit due to his unstylish clothes and ignorance of teen culture. "I hated high school for the first two years," he later recalled. "I experienced a lot of bullying." Sometimes he pretended to be ill, just so he could stay home that day. He continued writing and painting through high school, and in time got into hip-hop, break dancing, and graffiti art, which helped him gain acceptance. [3]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > He took English at Dade College, where he discovered John Steinbeck, Virginia Woolfe, and Albert Camus (whose novel The Stranger made a great impression on him). He also studied painting, sculpture, and music,[3] and went on to study digital communication at Florida International University (FIU).[4] A childhood friend had called him "Bobby Drake" (after the superhero in the Marvel X-Men series), and at FIU he began signing his pictures "Robert M. Drake."[5] He graduated from FIU with a fine arts degree in 2010.[4]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > Career
>>>>>> > How_R.M._Drake_Became_Instagram's_Famous_Poet
>>>>>> > How R.M. Drake Became Instagram's Famous Poet
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > After graduation Drake briefly worked as a content developer for a small company, then took a job as the art director at Spanish-language TV broadcaster Univision.[6]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > He joined Instagram in November 2012,[6] and began posting his poetry there the following October.[3] He would type each poem using an antique 1940s Royals typewriter on handmade paper, and photograph and upload the image..[6] He also made stencils of some of his poems, and used them to spray paint his poetry around the city, mainly on sidewalks. "Ultimately, as an artist, that's one of the goals," he says. "You want people to see and critique it. I put my work out there to the point where it'll be very hard to ignore who I am." By 2014 his Instagram account had grown to 40,000 viewers.[3]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > Actress Sohia Bush was the 1st celebrity to repost a Drake poem.[6] In 2014 Khloé Kardashian began following Drake on Instagram and regularly reposting his work; almost immediately his number of followers shot up to 150,000.[3]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > By 2015 Drake was receiving more than 2,000 reposts a day on Instagram. His followers included more than 30 celebrities,[6] including Bush, Kardashian, Taye Diggs, Ludacris, Paris Hilton, Trina, Jermaine Dupri, Keyshia Cole, Wu-Tang Clan, and Khloé's half-sisters, Kylie and Kendall Jenner. He had a million followers on Instagram and a half-million on Tumblr, and was gaining 25,000 followers a week on Facebook and Twitter.[3]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > His online success allowed Drake to sign a distribution deal, selling his self-published books through Amazon and Barnes and Noble.[7] In August 2014, he published his debut collection, Beautiful Chaos, which rose to #4 on Amazon's bestseller chart, and quickly sold more than 30,000 copies.[3] By the following month, it had sold 50,000.[6] Inspired by that success, he quit his job at Univision to write full-time.[3]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > He continues to live and work in Miami,[1] where he deliberately maintains a low profile. He tends to shy away from attention, and turns down invitations to poetry readings and television interview requests. “I just feel better when no one really knows who I am,” he has said.[6]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > Writing
>>>>>> > The_Poetic_Genius_of_R.M._Drake
>>>>>> > The Poetic Genius of R.M. Drake
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > The Miami Herald notes that "Macias’ posts are easily distinguishable by his fans for their succinctness in verse and visual appeal — both of which the 32-year-old credits to his success."[6] CBS Miami calls them "short, concise and easy to relate to; they are filled with words about self-discovery, loneliness, heart-break and love."[5] His art gallery adds: "Macias writes from the heart, using personal experiences to create lyrical text. From short stories and longer poems to succinct one-sentence verses, Macias touches his readers by displaying a genuine expression of emotion."[1]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > His fans adore his work, not only reposting, but responding with comments like, "Yes yes yes yes exactly!!!", "He speaks for me," "Wow #truth", "mind explosion,"[3] and ”I think Drake is writing for us.”[5]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > As well as more than a million followers, though, his work has some detractors. Chauncey Mabe, a former book critic for the Sun Sentinel, says that "[Macias'] poems seem like those of a very young and immature fellow who is trying to think hard about life. It's Hallmark card level. Only really, really depressed Hallmark cards."[3]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > Publications
>>>>>> > Beautiful Chaos. Lulu.com / CreateSpace, 2014; Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel, 2016.
>>>>>> > Science: The stars in me are the stars in you. Lulu.com, 2015.
>>>>>> > A Brilliant Madness. Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel, 2015.
>>>>>> > Seeds of Chaos. [Vintage Wild?], 2017.
>>>>>> > Broken Flowers, and other stairways to heaven. Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel, 2017.
>>>>>> > Moon Theory. Robert M. Drake, 2017.
>>>>>> > Star Theory. Vintage Wild, 2018.[8]
>>>>>> > Light Theory. Vintage Wild, 2018.[9]
>>>>>> > Chaos Theory. Vintage Wild, 2018.[10]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > ****************************************************************
>>>> While I don't exactly love the Drake, I do respect his achievements in poetry.

>>> Drake is very popular with younger readers.....

>> Another poet which Pendragon is apparently clueless about.

>
> One of hundreds it seems....

That's a low estimate.

🙂

Zod wrote:

> On Sunday, May 29, 2022 at 7:45:14 AM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
>> General-Zod wrote:
>>
>> > Michael Pendragon wrote:
>>
>> >> On Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 3:43:13 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Sure, most poets are unknown to the general public, Pendragon.
>> >>>
>> >>> Ask some of the average people on any street who their favorite poet is.
>> >>>
>> >>> You might be surprised
>>
>>
>> >> Hate the Drake.
>>
>>
>> > More jealousy, V.D. Boy...?
>>
>> > ******************************************************
>>
>> > https://pennyspoetry.fandom.com/wiki/Robert_M._Drake
>>
>> > Robert M. Drake (also R.M. Drake) is the pen name of American poet, novelist, and visual artist Robert Macias [1] (born 1981),[2] who found success by posting on Web forum Instagram. Life
>> > Youth and education
>> > Drake was born and raised in Miami, Florida, the youngest of 3 children of Colombian immigrants. His father was a maintenance man at Jackson Memorial Hospital, and his mother worked in a factory.[3]
>>
>> > "We were very poor," he recalls. "I remember in elementary school, there was always a book fair every year. I'd see all the other kids getting books. My parents couldn't afford it." His parents were too poor to afford cable television.[3]
>>
>> > He began writing at 7, composing and illustrating his own Spiderman and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fan stories.[3]
>>
>> > He attended Miami Coral Park Senior High, where he was initially a misfit due to his unstylish clothes and ignorance of teen culture. "I hated high school for the first two years," he later recalled. "I experienced a lot of bullying." Sometimes he pretended to be ill, just so he could stay home that day. He continued writing and painting through high school, and in time got into hip-hop, break dancing, and graffiti art, which helped him gain acceptance. [3]
>>
>> > He took English at Dade College, where he discovered John Steinbeck, Virginia Woolfe, and Albert Camus (whose novel The Stranger made a great impression on him). He also studied painting, sculpture, and music,[3] and went on to study digital communication at Florida International University (FIU).[4] A childhood friend had called him "Bobby Drake" (after the superhero in the Marvel X-Men series), and at FIU he began signing his pictures "Robert M. Drake."[5] He graduated from FIU with a fine arts degree in 2010.[4]
>>
>> > Career
>> > How_R.M._Drake_Became_Instagram's_Famous_Poet
>> > How R.M. Drake Became Instagram's Famous Poet
>>
>> > After graduation Drake briefly worked as a content developer for a small company, then took a job as the art director at Spanish-language TV broadcaster Univision.[6]
>>
>> > He joined Instagram in November 2012,[6] and began posting his poetry there the following October.[3] He would type each poem using an antique 1940s Royals typewriter on handmade paper, and photograph and upload the image..[6] He also made stencils of some of his poems, and used them to spray paint his poetry around the city, mainly on sidewalks. "Ultimately, as an artist, that's one of the goals," he says. "You want people to see and critique it. I put my work out there to the point where it'll be very hard to ignore who I am." By 2014 his Instagram account had grown to 40,000 viewers.[3]
>>
>> > Actress Sohia Bush was the 1st celebrity to repost a Drake poem.[6] In 2014 Khloé Kardashian began following Drake on Instagram and regularly reposting his work; almost immediately his number of followers shot up to 150,000.[3]
>>
>> > By 2015 Drake was receiving more than 2,000 reposts a day on Instagram. His followers included more than 30 celebrities,[6] including Bush, Kardashian, Taye Diggs, Ludacris, Paris Hilton, Trina, Jermaine Dupri, Keyshia Cole, Wu-Tang Clan, and Khloé's half-sisters, Kylie and Kendall Jenner. He had a million followers on Instagram and a half-million on Tumblr, and was gaining 25,000 followers a week on Facebook and Twitter.[3]
>>
>> > His online success allowed Drake to sign a distribution deal, selling his self-published books through Amazon and Barnes and Noble.[7] In August 2014, he published his debut collection, Beautiful Chaos, which rose to #4 on Amazon's bestseller chart, and quickly sold more than 30,000 copies.[3] By the following month, it had sold 50,000.[6] Inspired by that success, he quit his job at Univision to write full-time.[3]
>>
>> > He continues to live and work in Miami,[1] where he deliberately maintains a low profile. He tends to shy away from attention, and turns down invitations to poetry readings and television interview requests. “I just feel better when no one really knows who I am,” he has said.[6]
>>
>> > Writing
>> > The_Poetic_Genius_of_R.M._Drake
>> > The Poetic Genius of R.M. Drake
>>
>> > The Miami Herald notes that "Macias’ posts are easily distinguishable by his fans for their succinctness in verse and visual appeal — both of which the 32-year-old credits to his success."[6] CBS Miami calls them "short, concise and easy to relate to; they are filled with words about self-discovery, loneliness, heart-break and love."[5] His art gallery adds: "Macias writes from the heart, using personal experiences to create lyrical text. From short stories and longer poems to succinct one-sentence verses, Macias touches his readers by displaying a genuine expression of emotion."[1]
>>
>> > His fans adore his work, not only reposting, but responding with comments like, "Yes yes yes yes exactly!!!", "He speaks for me," "Wow #truth", "mind explosion,"[3] and ”I think Drake is writing for us.”[5]
>>
>> > As well as more than a million followers, though, his work has some detractors. Chauncey Mabe, a former book critic for the Sun Sentinel, says that "[Macias'] poems seem like those of a very young and immature fellow who is trying to think hard about life. It's Hallmark card level. Only really, really depressed Hallmark cards."[3]
>>
>> > Publications
>> > Beautiful Chaos. Lulu.com / CreateSpace, 2014; Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel, 2016.
>> > Science: The stars in me are the stars in you. Lulu.com, 2015.
>> > A Brilliant Madness. Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel, 2015.
>> > Seeds of Chaos. [Vintage Wild?], 2017.
>> > Broken Flowers, and other stairways to heaven. Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel, 2017.
>> > Moon Theory. Robert M. Drake, 2017.
>> > Star Theory. Vintage Wild, 2018.[8]
>> > Light Theory. Vintage Wild, 2018.[9]
>> > Chaos Theory. Vintage Wild, 2018.[10]
>>
>> > ****************************************************************
>> While I don't exactly love the Drake, I do respect his achievements in poetry.

> Drake is very popular with younger readers.....

Another example of the renewing interest in poetry among young people.

Zod wrote:

> On Sunday, May 29, 2022 at 7:45:14 AM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
>> General-Zod wrote:
>>
>> > Michael Pendragon wrote:
>>
>> >> On Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 3:43:13 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Sure, most poets are unknown to the general public, Pendragon.
>> >>>
>> >>> Ask some of the average people on any street who their favorite poet is.
>> >>>
>> >>> You might be surprised
>>
>>
>> >> Hate the Drake.
>>
>>
>> > More jealousy, V.D. Boy...?
>>
>> > ******************************************************
>>
>> > https://pennyspoetry.fandom.com/wiki/Robert_M._Drake
>>
>> > Robert M. Drake (also R.M. Drake) is the pen name of American poet, novelist, and visual artist Robert Macias [1] (born 1981),[2] who found success by posting on Web forum Instagram. Life
>> > Youth and education
>> > Drake was born and raised in Miami, Florida, the youngest of 3 children of Colombian immigrants. His father was a maintenance man at Jackson Memorial Hospital, and his mother worked in a factory.[3]
>>
>> > "We were very poor," he recalls. "I remember in elementary school, there was always a book fair every year. I'd see all the other kids getting books. My parents couldn't afford it." His parents were too poor to afford cable television.[3]
>>
>> > He began writing at 7, composing and illustrating his own Spiderman and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fan stories.[3]
>>
>> > He attended Miami Coral Park Senior High, where he was initially a misfit due to his unstylish clothes and ignorance of teen culture. "I hated high school for the first two years," he later recalled. "I experienced a lot of bullying." Sometimes he pretended to be ill, just so he could stay home that day. He continued writing and painting through high school, and in time got into hip-hop, break dancing, and graffiti art, which helped him gain acceptance. [3]
>>
>> > He took English at Dade College, where he discovered John Steinbeck, Virginia Woolfe, and Albert Camus (whose novel The Stranger made a great impression on him). He also studied painting, sculpture, and music,[3] and went on to study digital communication at Florida International University (FIU).[4] A childhood friend had called him "Bobby Drake" (after the superhero in the Marvel X-Men series), and at FIU he began signing his pictures "Robert M. Drake."[5] He graduated from FIU with a fine arts degree in 2010.[4]
>>
>> > Career
>> > How_R.M._Drake_Became_Instagram's_Famous_Poet
>> > How R.M. Drake Became Instagram's Famous Poet
>>
>> > After graduation Drake briefly worked as a content developer for a small company, then took a job as the art director at Spanish-language TV broadcaster Univision.[6]
>>
>> > He joined Instagram in November 2012,[6] and began posting his poetry there the following October.[3] He would type each poem using an antique 1940s Royals typewriter on handmade paper, and photograph and upload the image..[6] He also made stencils of some of his poems, and used them to spray paint his poetry around the city, mainly on sidewalks. "Ultimately, as an artist, that's one of the goals," he says. "You want people to see and critique it. I put my work out there to the point where it'll be very hard to ignore who I am." By 2014 his Instagram account had grown to 40,000 viewers.[3]
>>
>> > Actress Sohia Bush was the 1st celebrity to repost a Drake poem.[6] In 2014 Khloé Kardashian began following Drake on Instagram and regularly reposting his work; almost immediately his number of followers shot up to 150,000.[3]
>>
>> > By 2015 Drake was receiving more than 2,000 reposts a day on Instagram. His followers included more than 30 celebrities,[6] including Bush, Kardashian, Taye Diggs, Ludacris, Paris Hilton, Trina, Jermaine Dupri, Keyshia Cole, Wu-Tang Clan, and Khloé's half-sisters, Kylie and Kendall Jenner. He had a million followers on Instagram and a half-million on Tumblr, and was gaining 25,000 followers a week on Facebook and Twitter.[3]
>>
>> > His online success allowed Drake to sign a distribution deal, selling his self-published books through Amazon and Barnes and Noble.[7] In August 2014, he published his debut collection, Beautiful Chaos, which rose to #4 on Amazon's bestseller chart, and quickly sold more than 30,000 copies.[3] By the following month, it had sold 50,000.[6] Inspired by that success, he quit his job at Univision to write full-time.[3]
>>
>> > He continues to live and work in Miami,[1] where he deliberately maintains a low profile. He tends to shy away from attention, and turns down invitations to poetry readings and television interview requests. “I just feel better when no one really knows who I am,” he has said.[6]
>>
>> > Writing
>> > The_Poetic_Genius_of_R.M._Drake
>> > The Poetic Genius of R.M. Drake
>>
>> > The Miami Herald notes that "Macias’ posts are easily distinguishable by his fans for their succinctness in verse and visual appeal — both of which the 32-year-old credits to his success."[6] CBS Miami calls them "short, concise and easy to relate to; they are filled with words about self-discovery, loneliness, heart-break and love."[5] His art gallery adds: "Macias writes from the heart, using personal experiences to create lyrical text. From short stories and longer poems to succinct one-sentence verses, Macias touches his readers by displaying a genuine expression of emotion."[1]
>>
>> > His fans adore his work, not only reposting, but responding with comments like, "Yes yes yes yes exactly!!!", "He speaks for me," "Wow #truth", "mind explosion,"[3] and ”I think Drake is writing for us.”[5]
>>
>> > As well as more than a million followers, though, his work has some detractors. Chauncey Mabe, a former book critic for the Sun Sentinel, says that "[Macias'] poems seem like those of a very young and immature fellow who is trying to think hard about life. It's Hallmark card level. Only really, really depressed Hallmark cards."[3]
>>
>> > Publications
>> > Beautiful Chaos. Lulu.com / CreateSpace, 2014; Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel, 2016.
>> > Science: The stars in me are the stars in you. Lulu.com, 2015.
>> > A Brilliant Madness. Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel, 2015.
>> > Seeds of Chaos. [Vintage Wild?], 2017.
>> > Broken Flowers, and other stairways to heaven. Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel, 2017.
>> > Moon Theory. Robert M. Drake, 2017.
>> > Star Theory. Vintage Wild, 2018.[8]
>> > Light Theory. Vintage Wild, 2018.[9]
>> > Chaos Theory. Vintage Wild, 2018.[10]
>>
>> > ****************************************************************
>> While I don't exactly love the Drake, I do respect his achievements in poetry.

> Drake is very popular with younger readers.....

Not a favorite of mine but good to see poetry reviving.

W-Dockery wrote:

> Zod wrote:

>> On Sunday, May 29, 2022 at 7:45:14 AM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
>>> General-Zod wrote:
>>>
> > Michael Pendragon wrote:
>>>
>>> >> On Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 3:43:13 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>> Sure, most poets are unknown to the general public, Pendragon.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Ask some of the average people on any street who their favorite poet is.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> You might be surprised
>>>
>>>
>>> >> Hate the Drake.
>>>
>>>
>>> > More jealousy, V.D. Boy...?
>>>
>>> > ******************************************************
>>>
>>> > https://pennyspoetry.fandom.com/wiki/Robert_M._Drake
>>>
>>> > Robert M. Drake (also R.M. Drake) is the pen name of American poet, novelist, and visual artist Robert Macias [1] (born 1981),[2] who found success by posting on Web forum Instagram. Life
>>> > Youth and education
>>> > Drake was born and raised in Miami, Florida, the youngest of 3 children of Colombian immigrants. His father was a maintenance man at Jackson Memorial Hospital, and his mother worked in a factory.[3]
>>>
>>> > "We were very poor," he recalls. "I remember in elementary school, there was always a book fair every year. I'd see all the other kids getting books. My parents couldn't afford it." His parents were too poor to afford cable television.[3]
>>>
>>> > He began writing at 7, composing and illustrating his own Spiderman and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fan stories.[3]
>>>
>>> > He attended Miami Coral Park Senior High, where he was initially a misfit due to his unstylish clothes and ignorance of teen culture. "I hated high school for the first two years," he later recalled. "I experienced a lot of bullying." Sometimes he pretended to be ill, just so he could stay home that day. He continued writing and painting through high school, and in time got into hip-hop, break dancing, and graffiti art, which helped him gain acceptance. [3]
>>>
>>> > He took English at Dade College, where he discovered John Steinbeck, Virginia Woolfe, and Albert Camus (whose novel The Stranger made a great impression on him). He also studied painting, sculpture, and music,[3] and went on to study digital communication at Florida International University (FIU).[4] A childhood friend had called him "Bobby Drake" (after the superhero in the Marvel X-Men series), and at FIU he began signing his pictures "Robert M. Drake."[5] He graduated from FIU with a fine arts degree in 2010.[4]
>>>
>>> > Career
>>> > How_R.M._Drake_Became_Instagram's_Famous_Poet
>>> > How R.M. Drake Became Instagram's Famous Poet
>>>
>>> > After graduation Drake briefly worked as a content developer for a small company, then took a job as the art director at Spanish-language TV broadcaster Univision.[6]
>>>
>>> > He joined Instagram in November 2012,[6] and began posting his poetry there the following October.[3] He would type each poem using an antique 1940s Royals typewriter on handmade paper, and photograph and upload the image..[6] He also made stencils of some of his poems, and used them to spray paint his poetry around the city, mainly on sidewalks. "Ultimately, as an artist, that's one of the goals," he says. "You want people to see and critique it. I put my work out there to the point where it'll be very hard to ignore who I am." By 2014 his Instagram account had grown to 40,000 viewers.[3]
>>>
>>> > Actress Sohia Bush was the 1st celebrity to repost a Drake poem.[6] In 2014 Khloé Kardashian began following Drake on Instagram and regularly reposting his work; almost immediately his number of followers shot up to 150,000.[3]
>>>
>>> > By 2015 Drake was receiving more than 2,000 reposts a day on Instagram. His followers included more than 30 celebrities,[6] including Bush, Kardashian, Taye Diggs, Ludacris, Paris Hilton, Trina, Jermaine Dupri, Keyshia Cole, Wu-Tang Clan, and Khloé's half-sisters, Kylie and Kendall Jenner. He had a million followers on Instagram and a half-million on Tumblr, and was gaining 25,000 followers a week on Facebook and Twitter.[3]
>>>
>>> > His online success allowed Drake to sign a distribution deal, selling his self-published books through Amazon and Barnes and Noble.[7] In August 2014, he published his debut collection, Beautiful Chaos, which rose to #4 on Amazon's bestseller chart, and quickly sold more than 30,000 copies.[3] By the following month, it had sold 50,000.[6] Inspired by that success, he quit his job at Univision to write full-time.[3]
>>>
>>> > He continues to live and work in Miami,[1] where he deliberately maintains a low profile. He tends to shy away from attention, and turns down invitations to poetry readings and television interview requests. “I just feel better when no one really knows who I am,” he has said.[6]
>>>
>>> > Writing
>>> > The_Poetic_Genius_of_R.M._Drake
>>> > The Poetic Genius of R.M. Drake
>>>
>>> > The Miami Herald notes that "Macias’ posts are easily distinguishable by his fans for their succinctness in verse and visual appeal — both of which the 32-year-old credits to his success."[6] CBS Miami calls them "short, concise and easy to relate to; they are filled with words about self-discovery, loneliness, heart-break and love."[5] His art gallery adds: "Macias writes from the heart, using personal experiences to create lyrical text. From short stories and longer poems to succinct one-sentence verses, Macias touches his readers by displaying a genuine expression of emotion."[1]
>>>
>>> > His fans adore his work, not only reposting, but responding with comments like, "Yes yes yes yes exactly!!!", "He speaks for me," "Wow #truth", "mind explosion,"[3] and ”I think Drake is writing for us.”[5]
>>>
>>> > As well as more than a million followers, though, his work has some detractors. Chauncey Mabe, a former book critic for the Sun Sentinel, says that "[Macias'] poems seem like those of a very young and immature fellow who is trying to think hard about life. It's Hallmark card level. Only really, really depressed Hallmark cards."[3]
>>>
>>> > Publications
>>> > Beautiful Chaos. Lulu.com / CreateSpace, 2014; Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel, 2016.
>>> > Science: The stars in me are the stars in you. Lulu.com, 2015.
>>> > A Brilliant Madness. Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel, 2015.
>>> > Seeds of Chaos. [Vintage Wild?], 2017.
>>> > Broken Flowers, and other stairways to heaven. Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel, 2017.
>>> > Moon Theory. Robert M. Drake, 2017.
>>> > Star Theory. Vintage Wild, 2018.[8]
>>> > Light Theory. Vintage Wild, 2018.[9]
>>> > Chaos Theory. Vintage Wild, 2018.[10]
>>>
>>> > ****************************************************************
>>> While I don't exactly love the Drake, I do respect his achievements in poetry.

>> Drake is very popular with younger readers.....

> I will admit that his poetry doesn't imress me.

I know what you mena....

Zod wrote:

> On Sunday, May 29, 2022 at 7:45:14 AM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
>> General-Zod wrote:
>>
>> > Michael Pendragon wrote:
>>
>> >> On Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 3:43:13 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Sure, most poets are unknown to the general public, Pendragon.
>> >>>
>> >>> Ask some of the average people on any street who their favorite poet is.
>> >>>
>> >>> You might be surprised
>>
>>
>> >> Hate the Drake.
>>
>>
>> > More jealousy, V.D. Boy...?
>>
>> > ******************************************************
>>
>> > https://pennyspoetry.fandom.com/wiki/Robert_M._Drake
>>
>> > Robert M. Drake (also R.M. Drake) is the pen name of American poet, novelist, and visual artist Robert Macias [1] (born 1981),[2] who found success by posting on Web forum Instagram. Life
>> > Youth and education
>> > Drake was born and raised in Miami, Florida, the youngest of 3 children of Colombian immigrants. His father was a maintenance man at Jackson Memorial Hospital, and his mother worked in a factory.[3]
>>
>> > "We were very poor," he recalls. "I remember in elementary school, there was always a book fair every year. I'd see all the other kids getting books. My parents couldn't afford it." His parents were too poor to afford cable television.[3]
>>
>> > He began writing at 7, composing and illustrating his own Spiderman and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fan stories.[3]
>>
>> > He attended Miami Coral Park Senior High, where he was initially a misfit due to his unstylish clothes and ignorance of teen culture. "I hated high school for the first two years," he later recalled. "I experienced a lot of bullying." Sometimes he pretended to be ill, just so he could stay home that day. He continued writing and painting through high school, and in time got into hip-hop, break dancing, and graffiti art, which helped him gain acceptance. [3]
>>
>> > He took English at Dade College, where he discovered John Steinbeck, Virginia Woolfe, and Albert Camus (whose novel The Stranger made a great impression on him). He also studied painting, sculpture, and music,[3] and went on to study digital communication at Florida International University (FIU).[4] A childhood friend had called him "Bobby Drake" (after the superhero in the Marvel X-Men series), and at FIU he began signing his pictures "Robert M. Drake."[5] He graduated from FIU with a fine arts degree in 2010.[4]
>>
>> > Career
>> > How_R.M._Drake_Became_Instagram's_Famous_Poet
>> > How R.M. Drake Became Instagram's Famous Poet
>>
>> > After graduation Drake briefly worked as a content developer for a small company, then took a job as the art director at Spanish-language TV broadcaster Univision.[6]
>>
>> > He joined Instagram in November 2012,[6] and began posting his poetry there the following October.[3] He would type each poem using an antique 1940s Royals typewriter on handmade paper, and photograph and upload the image..[6] He also made stencils of some of his poems, and used them to spray paint his poetry around the city, mainly on sidewalks. "Ultimately, as an artist, that's one of the goals," he says. "You want people to see and critique it. I put my work out there to the point where it'll be very hard to ignore who I am." By 2014 his Instagram account had grown to 40,000 viewers.[3]
>>
>> > Actress Sohia Bush was the 1st celebrity to repost a Drake poem.[6] In 2014 Khloé Kardashian began following Drake on Instagram and regularly reposting his work; almost immediately his number of followers shot up to 150,000.[3]
>>
>> > By 2015 Drake was receiving more than 2,000 reposts a day on Instagram. His followers included more than 30 celebrities,[6] including Bush, Kardashian, Taye Diggs, Ludacris, Paris Hilton, Trina, Jermaine Dupri, Keyshia Cole, Wu-Tang Clan, and Khloé's half-sisters, Kylie and Kendall Jenner. He had a million followers on Instagram and a half-million on Tumblr, and was gaining 25,000 followers a week on Facebook and Twitter.[3]
>>
>> > His online success allowed Drake to sign a distribution deal, selling his self-published books through Amazon and Barnes and Noble.[7] In August 2014, he published his debut collection, Beautiful Chaos, which rose to #4 on Amazon's bestseller chart, and quickly sold more than 30,000 copies.[3] By the following month, it had sold 50,000.[6] Inspired by that success, he quit his job at Univision to write full-time.[3]
>>
>> > He continues to live and work in Miami,[1] where he deliberately maintains a low profile. He tends to shy away from attention, and turns down invitations to poetry readings and television interview requests. “I just feel better when no one really knows who I am,” he has said.[6]
>>
>> > Writing
>> > The_Poetic_Genius_of_R.M._Drake
>> > The Poetic Genius of R.M. Drake
>>
>> > The Miami Herald notes that "Macias’ posts are easily distinguishable by his fans for their succinctness in verse and visual appeal — both of which the 32-year-old credits to his success."[6] CBS Miami calls them "short, concise and easy to relate to; they are filled with words about self-discovery, loneliness, heart-break and love."[5] His art gallery adds: "Macias writes from the heart, using personal experiences to create lyrical text. From short stories and longer poems to succinct one-sentence verses, Macias touches his readers by displaying a genuine expression of emotion."[1]
>>
>> > His fans adore his work, not only reposting, but responding with comments like, "Yes yes yes yes exactly!!!", "He speaks for me," "Wow #truth", "mind explosion,"[3] and ”I think Drake is writing for us.”[5]
>>
>> > As well as more than a million followers, though, his work has some detractors. Chauncey Mabe, a former book critic for the Sun Sentinel, says that "[Macias'] poems seem like those of a very young and immature fellow who is trying to think hard about life. It's Hallmark card level. Only really, really depressed Hallmark cards."[3]
>>
>> > Publications
>> > Beautiful Chaos. Lulu.com / CreateSpace, 2014; Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel, 2016.
>> > Science: The stars in me are the stars in you. Lulu.com, 2015.
>> > A Brilliant Madness. Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel, 2015.
>> > Seeds of Chaos. [Vintage Wild?], 2017.
>> > Broken Flowers, and other stairways to heaven. Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel, 2017.
>> > Moon Theory. Robert M. Drake, 2017.
>> > Star Theory. Vintage Wild, 2018.[8]
>> > Light Theory. Vintage Wild, 2018.[9]
>> > Chaos Theory. Vintage Wild, 2018.[10]
>>
>> > ****************************************************************
>> While I don't exactly love the Drake, I do respect his achievements in poetry.

> Drake is very popular with younger readers.....

Yes, at least he's keeping poetry alive.

Zod wrote:

> On Sunday, May 29, 2022 at 7:45:14 AM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
>> General-Zod wrote:
>>
>> > Michael Pendragon wrote:
>>
>> >> On Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 3:43:13 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Sure, most poets are unknown to the general public, Pendragon.
>> >>>
>> >>> Ask some of the average people on any street who their favorite poet is.
>> >>>
>> >>> You might be surprised
>>
>>
>> >> Hate the Drake.
>>
>>
>> > More jealousy, V.D. Boy...?
>>
>> > ******************************************************
>>
>> > https://pennyspoetry.fandom.com/wiki/Robert_M._Drake
>>
>> > Robert M. Drake (also R.M. Drake) is the pen name of American poet, novelist, and visual artist Robert Macias [1] (born 1981),[2] who found success by posting on Web forum Instagram. Life
>> > Youth and education
>> > Drake was born and raised in Miami, Florida, the youngest of 3 children of Colombian immigrants. His father was a maintenance man at Jackson Memorial Hospital, and his mother worked in a factory.[3]
>>
>> > "We were very poor," he recalls. "I remember in elementary school, there was always a book fair every year. I'd see all the other kids getting books. My parents couldn't afford it." His parents were too poor to afford cable television.[3]
>>
>> > He began writing at 7, composing and illustrating his own Spiderman and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fan stories.[3]
>>
>> > He attended Miami Coral Park Senior High, where he was initially a misfit due to his unstylish clothes and ignorance of teen culture. "I hated high school for the first two years," he later recalled. "I experienced a lot of bullying." Sometimes he pretended to be ill, just so he could stay home that day. He continued writing and painting through high school, and in time got into hip-hop, break dancing, and graffiti art, which helped him gain acceptance. [3]
>>
>> > He took English at Dade College, where he discovered John Steinbeck, Virginia Woolfe, and Albert Camus (whose novel The Stranger made a great impression on him). He also studied painting, sculpture, and music,[3] and went on to study digital communication at Florida International University (FIU).[4] A childhood friend had called him "Bobby Drake" (after the superhero in the Marvel X-Men series), and at FIU he began signing his pictures "Robert M. Drake."[5] He graduated from FIU with a fine arts degree in 2010.[4]
>>
>> > Career
>> > How_R.M._Drake_Became_Instagram's_Famous_Poet
>> > How R.M. Drake Became Instagram's Famous Poet
>>
>> > After graduation Drake briefly worked as a content developer for a small company, then took a job as the art director at Spanish-language TV broadcaster Univision.[6]
>>
>> > He joined Instagram in November 2012,[6] and began posting his poetry there the following October.[3] He would type each poem using an antique 1940s Royals typewriter on handmade paper, and photograph and upload the image..[6] He also made stencils of some of his poems, and used them to spray paint his poetry around the city, mainly on sidewalks. "Ultimately, as an artist, that's one of the goals," he says. "You want people to see and critique it. I put my work out there to the point where it'll be very hard to ignore who I am." By 2014 his Instagram account had grown to 40,000 viewers.[3]
>>
>> > Actress Sohia Bush was the 1st celebrity to repost a Drake poem.[6] In 2014 Khloé Kardashian began following Drake on Instagram and regularly reposting his work; almost immediately his number of followers shot up to 150,000.[3]
>>
>> > By 2015 Drake was receiving more than 2,000 reposts a day on Instagram. His followers included more than 30 celebrities,[6] including Bush, Kardashian, Taye Diggs, Ludacris, Paris Hilton, Trina, Jermaine Dupri, Keyshia Cole, Wu-Tang Clan, and Khloé's half-sisters, Kylie and Kendall Jenner. He had a million followers on Instagram and a half-million on Tumblr, and was gaining 25,000 followers a week on Facebook and Twitter.[3]
>>
>> > His online success allowed Drake to sign a distribution deal, selling his self-published books through Amazon and Barnes and Noble.[7] In August 2014, he published his debut collection, Beautiful Chaos, which rose to #4 on Amazon's bestseller chart, and quickly sold more than 30,000 copies.[3] By the following month, it had sold 50,000.[6] Inspired by that success, he quit his job at Univision to write full-time.[3]
>>
>> > He continues to live and work in Miami,[1] where he deliberately maintains a low profile. He tends to shy away from attention, and turns down invitations to poetry readings and television interview requests. “I just feel better when no one really knows who I am,” he has said.[6]
>>
>> > Writing
>> > The_Poetic_Genius_of_R.M._Drake
>> > The Poetic Genius of R.M. Drake
>>
>> > The Miami Herald notes that "Macias’ posts are easily distinguishable by his fans for their succinctness in verse and visual appeal — both of which the 32-year-old credits to his success."[6] CBS Miami calls them "short, concise and easy to relate to; they are filled with words about self-discovery, loneliness, heart-break and love."[5] His art gallery adds: "Macias writes from the heart, using personal experiences to create lyrical text. From short stories and longer poems to succinct one-sentence verses, Macias touches his readers by displaying a genuine expression of emotion."[1]
>>
>> > His fans adore his work, not only reposting, but responding with comments like, "Yes yes yes yes exactly!!!", "He speaks for me," "Wow #truth", "mind explosion,"[3] and ”I think Drake is writing for us.”[5]
>>
>> > As well as more than a million followers, though, his work has some detractors. Chauncey Mabe, a former book critic for the Sun Sentinel, says that "[Macias'] poems seem like those of a very young and immature fellow who is trying to think hard about life. It's Hallmark card level. Only really, really depressed Hallmark cards."[3]
>>
>> > Publications
>> > Beautiful Chaos. Lulu.com / CreateSpace, 2014; Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel, 2016.
>> > Science: The stars in me are the stars in you. Lulu.com, 2015.
>> > A Brilliant Madness. Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel, 2015.
>> > Seeds of Chaos. [Vintage Wild?], 2017.
>> > Broken Flowers, and other stairways to heaven. Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel, 2017.
>> > Moon Theory. Robert M. Drake, 2017.
>> > Star Theory. Vintage Wild, 2018.[8]
>> > Light Theory. Vintage Wild, 2018.[9]
>> > Chaos Theory. Vintage Wild, 2018.[10]
>>
>> > ****************************************************************
>> While I don't exactly love the Drake, I do respect his achievements in poetry.

> Drake is very popular with younger readers.....

A good sign for poetry itself.