or 13 Steps to a Poststructuralist literary style
“Poetry’s poetry. It doesn’t have to be called a poem, you know.” —Tennessee Williams
- poststructuralist poets play with language and meanings
- poststructuralist poets take words and ideas out of context
- poststructuralist poets do not focus on the structure or framework of their work
- poststructuralist poets value the visual form, the spacing and arrangement, of their poems
- poststructuralist poets pay close attention to the tempo of the poem
- a poststructuralist poem’s cadence does not demonstrate prescribed measure -- but the inner cadence of the poet’s thought and voice
- poststructuralist poems may or may not rhyme
- poststructuralist poets find pleasure in creating no definitive, often unexpected, outcomes in their work
- time is a theoretical concept that no longer applies to the poststructuralist work -- chronology becomes inconsequential.
- poststructuralist poems are open to a host of interpretations through their lack of specificity
- the poststructuralist poet stands in direct opposition to structure, to order
- the poststructuralist poem contains multiple, equally important, interpretations
- poststructuralist poets embrace the concept that literature and art can never reach full closure
Part of the enjoyment of reading Poststructuralist literature is the probability of unanticipated results. Get started – read a short poststructuralist poem: stolen mobile masterpiece http://bitly.com/Q7KH31
--e. smith sleigh
Sleigh's Poststructuralist Poetry Books:
1.These Things are a One Thing
2.From the Eternal Nature series:
a. Internal Nature
b. External Natue
3.An American Still Life