Contemporary and Social Poetry

Ecopoetry is any poetry with a strong ecological or environmental emphasis or message.

Political poetry brings together politics and poetry.

Instapoetry is a style of poetry that emerged after the advent of social media, especially on Instagram.

Cowboy poetry is a form of poetry that grew from a tradition of cowboys telling stories.

Vitalist poetry is a genre developed in the 1970s by a group of poets seeking a more "vital" poetry.

It usually foregrounds women's experiences as valid and worthy of attention, and it also highlights the lived experiences of minorities and other less privileged subjects.

is a movement of poetry that grew out of the predominantly American lifestyle of the biker and motorcycle clubs following World War II.

Proletarian poetry is a political poetry movement that developed in the United States during the 1920s and 1930s

Social poetry is poetry which performs a social function or contains a level of social commentary.

Confessional writing is a literary style and genre that developed in American writing schools following the Second World War.

Poetry published in newspapers, known as newspaper poetry or sometimes magazine verse, was a common feature of 19th- and early 20th-century Anglo-American literary culture.