What is Poetry becoming – concrete, visual, digital, experiential?
by Jennifer Kathleen Phillips View on ezinearticles.com There are many forms of poetry. Some are best read while others are best viewed and in the future we may add that some are best felt or experienced. Some think that “good poetry” must rhyme while others think that “good” poetry “speaks” giving a clear or profound message. Others may call poetry that behaves like a springboard, launching creative responses in those who share it, the best, but however it is viewed poetry like fashion is clothed in styles that affect their acceptability and/or respectability and promotion and all poetry is about communication. It publishes, records or makes visible our experiences as well as showing things that have not necessarily been seen or noticed before, triggering that “Ah ha!”, eureka or identification experience. The exploration of image triggering and message transmition as an artistic form of communication can cause a blurring of the boundaries between poetry and art, if we can say that th
