3. Reflection on the School

The New York School poets formed there own kind of poetry that was different from others. It defied standards with direct and spontaneous language. The ideas presented in the poems were not organized in any particular manner but appeared as a stream of consciousness. The poems were filled with imagery that provides a visual image in the head of the audience. It is said that the New York School Poets were a reaction to the Confessionalist movement in Contemporary Poetry. Many of the poets that belonged to school were influenced by abstract expressionist art and artists such as Jackson Pollock and Willem DeKooning.
The influence of abstract art on the poets is very evident in their work. Abstract has no sort of guidelines and is different and spontaneous. There are not precise details given to every aspect of the painting. All together the painting looks put together and turns out to be a great final piece. The poems all seem to be spontaneous and rough around the edges, but the overall meaning is insightful. The poets of school do not have strict rules they follow in order to construct a poem, like a sonnet. The end product seems to flow and is a great poem.
The poems that I have read from the New York School proved to be interesting and unlike the poetry I am used to reading. The poems were direct in the issues it presented instead of trying to decipher it. The imagery used in each poem helped explain the poem and add to visual element with its play on the language. I learned from this type of poetry, how it changes with time and become more modern and adapts with the surrounding culture.