Poetry is experiencing a new golden age, with young writers of color taking the lead - CNN Style

In recent years, though, a shift has occurred. Amanda Gorman, after reading her striking poem at President Joe Biden's inauguration in January, inked a modeling contract and was invited to the Met Gala. Rupi Kaur, whose poetry first became prominent on social media, has appeared on celebrity-dominated "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" and has a special on Amazon Prime. And, for the first time since 1998, the MacArthur Foundation this year awarded its prestigious "genius" grant to three poets: Hanif Abdurraqib, Don Mee Choi and Reginald Dwayne Betts.

Meanwhile, the Lincoln Center, which houses prestigious artistic institutions like The Juilliard School and the New York Philharmonic, named its very first poet-in-residence this year, Mahogany L. Browne.

Though poetry has always existed and experienced waves of acclaim, the genre is finding new prominence in today's mainstream collective imagination, stripping itself of its previous relegation to sleepy high school English classes. And, for the most part, poets of color are leading the charge.