When you think of the style of business that could hire a writer-in-residence, an online dating app may not be exactly what comes to mind. But reconsider, because chubby gay dating app
Grindr provides accredited its first poet
. The app is preparing to introduce a digital system known as “Into,” on which they want to
publish a series of video poems about the homosexual knowledge
. Grindr retained British author Max Wallis to do the job.

Wallis says the
poetry will not be clearly about Grindr
per se, but alternatively a creative examine what it way to end up being gay in 2017.

“The topic is as much homosexual experiences generally as [it is actually] the software. But, as [Grindr] falls under that knowledge, it would be a way to obtain motivation to some degree,”
Wallis said.

“Poetry is about distilling an event. If there’s a system for the gay experience, and to commemorate that, all of the much better.”

This seems like it’s going to be great. In the end, what is sexier or even more enchanting than good poetry?