2026-01-07

ChatGPT: Objectivist poetry emerged in the U.S. in the early 1930s. It’s less a formal “school” and more a shared set of commitments among a small group of poets. The term objectivist was used to describe a way of writing that treats the poem as firstly, an object made with care, and secondly, a lens for sincere attention to reality.

Het typische voorbeeld is Testimony van Charles Reznikoff: He distilled U.S. court records (often from the late 19th and early 20th centuries) into stark, minimalist poems. No commentary, no moralizing, just facts rendered with devastating clarity. Deeply influential on documentary and conceptual poetry.

Objectivistische poezië is niet hetzelfde als concrete poëzie. “Concrete poetry” is meer zoals visuele poëzie.