Anti-poetry

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Anti-poetry is an art movement that attempts to break away from the normal conventions of poetry. Early proponents of anti-poetry include Nicanor Parra.

Parra, known as the father of anti-poetry, published his first collection of antipoems in 1954 (Poemas y antipoemas) and sought to reject the belief that verse holds any mystical power. The poems have been described as prose-like, irreverent, and illuminates the problems of human existence^[1].

[edit] See also

• Dada

[edit] External links

• The technique of anti-poetry, an essay by Edith Grossman

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