{"id":119329,"date":"2017-12-27T09:00:01","date_gmt":"2017-12-27T14:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=119329"},"modified":"2017-12-19T11:16:21","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T16:16:21","slug":"emoji-poetry-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2017\/12\/27\/emoji-poetry-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Emoji Poetry Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>We\u2019re away until January 3, but we\u2019re reposting some of our favorite pieces from 2017. Enjoy your holiday!<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/emojipoem1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-114178\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/emojipoem1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/emojipoem1.png 640w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/emojipoem1-300x151.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_4244376401169054228gmail-p1\">T. S. Eliot once said, \u201cImmature poets imitate, mature poets steal.\u201d But\u00a0he forgot to add: \u201cAnd millennial poets translate poems into emojis.\u201d Can you guess the following famous verses?<\/p>\n<div id=\"gmail-:49.ma\" class=\"gmail-Mu gmail-SP\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2017\/08\/18\/emoji-poetry\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Read More &gt;&gt;\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re away until January 3, but we\u2019re reposting some of our favorite pieces from 2017. Enjoy your holiday! T. S. Eliot once said, \u201cImmature poets imitate, mature poets steal.\u201d But\u00a0he forgot to add: \u201cAnd millennial poets translate poems into emojis.\u201d Can you guess the following famous verses? 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