Is there poetry here?

Authors

Sergio Mancilla Torres Universidad austral de chile https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5724-1978

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32735/S0718-22012024000593821

Keywords:

Theory of the poetic, poetic image, poetry of thought, poetry without a poem

Abstract

Is there poetry here? In this work several possible answers to this central question are discussed. The question operates as a starting point for a reflection on the presence (and absence) of poetry in our linguistic practices and in the non-linguistic material reality of the “world of life” (Schutz). At the same time, it is an attempt to theorize about poetry and the poetic, putting into practice, in a very personal way, what Georg Steiner calls “the poetry of thought” and appealing to the notion of image proposed by Lezama Lima.