https://www.poetryfoundation.org/har...0/on-rupi-kaur
I don't know if "cowardly" is the right word, but Orwn has pointed out something interesting: Rupi Kaur's rise has been rapid and totally outside of poetry's usual "channels." Ocean Vuong's has also been rapid and has happened totally
within the usual channels; he has recently been appointed a member of the MFA faculty at UMass-Amherst.