Voces para la memoria sin límitela obra poética de Néstor Ponce

Abstract

Based on the analysis of some poems by Néstor Ponce (La Plata, Argentina, 1955) this article explains that current poetic practices exceed what has been traditionally called ‘lyric poetry’ and it shows how these practices often borrow expressions and discursive modes from other genres, particularly, from narrative. This trend seems to be associated with experiences of migration and globalization. As opposed to the subjectivity associated with the Romantic subject and its sentimental emotion, today’s poetry is no longer a stable and well-delimited category. On the contrary, recent poetic practices like Ponce’s have been labelled ‘non lyric poetry’, and are described as hybrid, heteroglossic discourses that draw on resources more commonly used in other artistic areas, with the aim of questioning the traditional literary genre system. Ponce’s poetic work includes three books that share the theme of resistance against oblivion of Argentina’s past. In sum, Ponce dialogues with previous Hispanic poetic traditions and confirms that today’s poetry is far less lyric than it used to be.