INTERNATIONAL POETRY DAY: METAPOETRY

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Fecha:

Wednesday, 13 March, 2019 - 20:00

Date and place

13 March, 2019 20:00

Alicante Town University Venue – Rafael Altamira Room.

4, Ramón y Cajal Avenue - Alicante

Presentation

Once again, the group “Verso a verso” (Verse by verse), committed to the International Poetry Day, face a new challenge with this recital, not very common, even if it is still confirmed that the poetry is the mirror where we look at ourselves and the eternal source of hope and human representation.
Metapoetry is a term composed by the Greek prefix meta, meaning “after” or “beyond”, and indicates a change or mutation, something going beyond to or including the idea that complete the word. Therefore, the term metapoetry refers to works where the subject is the very poetry and the author’s relation with the text and public. In this regard, poetry is self-justifying from a more independent point of view than the one of the simple art for art’s sake.
According to metapoets, poetry reflects, widens its own reflective and discursive nature, revealing the origin of the poem. Metapoets agree with Guillermo Carnero when he states that "the practice of metapoetry requires thinking skills about language limitations”. So, this is why metapoetry is practiced for those who are professionally engaged in some way in Language Sciences.
In conclusion, although it might be repetitive, metapoetry is the fact that poetry explains, justifies and complements itself. Then, a metapoem would be a poem which talks about poetry. To understand the Poetics is vital to know the term, because its only meaning is the essence of the poetry expressed in the poem.

Vídeo of the recital

Galery of pictures

Poems

¿Qué es poesía? (Rima XXI) (What is poetry – Rhyme XXI) ........ Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
La poesía es un arma cargada de futuro (Poetry is a charged gun of future)......... Gabriel Celaya
Decir, hacer (Say, do).............................................. Octavio Paz
Arte poética (Poetics)....................................... Vicente Huidobro
No perdamos el tiempo (Let us no waste time).............................. Gloria Fuertes
El poema (Poem) ................................................ Pedro Salinas
La poesía es inútil (Poetry is useless) ............................. Luis García Montero
La poesía (Poetry) ................................................ Pablo Neruda
Nacimiento de la palabra (The birth of the Word)............... Carlos Bousoño
Yo poeta declaro (I, poet, declare) ................................... Agustín Millares
Para qué la poesía (Poetry, what for?.................................. Raquel Lanseros
De ayer para hoy (Overnighted) ...................................... Rafael Alberti
La poesía está en la sombra (Poetry is in the shade) ...................... León Felipe
Poética (Poetics) ................................................. José Luis Rico
Escritura (Writing) .................................................. Octavio Paz
Esto es el prólogo (fragmento) (This is the pologue – fragment) ........... Federico García Lorca
Poética (Poetics).......................................... Luis García Montero
El oficio de poeta (The trade of the poet) ........................ José Agustín Goytisolo
Las palabras inútiles (Useless words) ................................ Ángel González
Los poetas (Poets) ....................................... Fernando Quiñones
Otro tiempo vendrá distinto a éste (Another time will come different to the present)............... Ángel González
Sobre el imposible oficio de escribir (About the imposible trade of the writer).... J.M. Caballero Bonald
Vino, primero, pura (She came, first, pure)..........................Juan Ramón Jiménez
Poética (Poetics)................................................ Ángel González
Un soneto me manda hacer Violante (Instant sonnet) ............... Lope de Vega