Tim, some poets see their poetry as an extension or illustration of theory, as Luke mentioned about some friends of his.
The question of “what is art?” in general is problematic. Just look at the critics of The Turner Prize. If everything can be art, as The Turner Prize assumes, then what is not art?
Are you saying that everything avantgarde poets write is art or an art form? If so, then what avantgarde poets in your view don’t live up to this?
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Tim Allan wrote:
I have always considered poetry to be an artform and if anything my problem in the past has been with people who did not see it as an 'artform' as such but as something essentially else - a therapy, a means of communication etc. So of course avant-garde poetry (or whatever term you want to use) is an artform. I don't see what the problem is. If any avant poets do not consider it an artform I really would like to know what they think it is.
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