Is there poetry here?

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.