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ISBN1-879585-01-4FLORENTINSMARANDACHENONPOEMSPhoenix*ChicagoXIQUANPublishingHouse1990AMERICANMANIFESTOIleftthecommunisttotalitarismandemigratedtotheUnitedStatesforthefreedom:Therefore,don'tforceanyliteraryrulesonme!
Or,ifyoudo,I'llcertainlyencroachuponthem.
I'mnotapoet,that'swhyIwritepoetry.
I'mananti-poetornon-poet.
IthuscametoAmericatore-buildthestatueofLibertyoftheVerse,deliveredfromthetyrannyoftheclassicanditsdogma.
Iallowedanyboldness:.
anti-literatureanditsliterature.
flexibleformsfixed,orthelivefaceofthedeath!
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styleofthenon-style.
poemswithoutverse(becausepoemsdon'tmeanwords)-dumbpoemswithloudvoice.
poemswithoutpoems(becausethenotionof"poem"doesn'tmatchanydefinitionfoundindictionariesorencyclopedias)-poemswhichexistbytheirabsence.
after-warliterature:pagesandpagesbombedbyfilthiness,triteness,andnon-poeticality.
paralinguisticverse(only!
):graphics,lyricalPQrtraits,drawings,draftsnon-wordsandnon-sentencepoems.
veryupsetfreeverseandtrivialhermeticverse.
intelligibleunintelligiblelanguage.
unsolvedandopenproblemsofmathematicslikeverynicepoemsofthespirit-wemustscientificizetheartinthistechnicalcentury.
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impersonaltextspersonalized.
electricalshock.
translationfromtheimpossibleintothepossible,ortransformationoftheabnormaltothenormal.
proNon-ArtArt.
makeliteraturefromeverything,makeliteraturefromnothing!
Thepoetisnotaprinceofducks!
Thenotionof"poetry"anditsderivativeshavebecomeold-fashionedinthiscentury,andpeoplelaughatthemindisregard.
I'mashamedtoaffirmthatIcreatelyricaltexts,Ihidethem.
Peopleneitherreadnorlistentolyricaltextsanymore,buttheywillreadthisvolumebecauseit'snothingtoread!
However,theParadoxistMovementisneithernihilism,nordespairity.
Thebookofnon-poemsisaprotestagainstart'smarketing.
DoyouwriterssellyourfeelingsDoyoucreateonlyformoneyonlybooksaboutcrimes,sex,horrorarepublished.
WhereisthetrueArtInbegging.
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Youmayfindinthisbookofuncollectedpoemseverythingyoudon'tneedanddon'tlike:poemsnottoberead,nottobeheard,nottobewrittenatall!
Enjoythem.
Onlyafternuisanceyoureallyknowwhatpleasuremeans.
Theyprovideamirrorofeverybody'sinfinitesoul.
Art,generallyspeaking,ispusheduptoitslastpossiblefrontierstowardnon-art,andevenmore.
Betterabookofblankpages,thanonewhichsaysnothing.
Averyabstractandsymboliclanguageisfurtherused,butveryconcreteatthesametime:non-restrictiveversefromanyformorcontent.
Ittakesadvantageofclicheagainstitself.
EVERYTHINGISPOSSIBLE,THEREFORE:THEIMPOSSIBLEALSO!
Hencedon'twonderaboutthisanti-book!
Ifyoudon'tunderstandit,thatmeansyouunderstandall.
Thatisthegoalofthemanifesto.
BecauseArtisnotforthemind,butforfeelings.
BecaqseArtisalsoforthemind.
Trytointerprettheuninterpretable!
Yourimaginationmayflourishasacactusinadesert.
But,TheAmericanManifestoofTHEPARADOXISTMOVEMENTisespeciallyarevoltoftheemigranttotheUnitedStateswhodoesn'tspeakEnglish,againstthelanguage-ananti-languagebookwritteninmorethanbrokenEnglish(theAmericanspeachofTomorrow).
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Box42561Phoenix,Arizona85080USA99100THEPARADOXISTMOVEMENTTenyearsagotheAuthorsetuptheParadoxistM0vementinRomaniatogetherwithagroupofwriters(ConstantinM.
Popa,ConstantinDinca,TraianNica).
Hepublishedhisfirstvolumeinthisstyle:"Lawsofinternalcomposition.
Poemswith.
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problems!
"(Romanian){Morocco,1982},afterwardsaparadoxistmanifestoinhisvolume"TheSenseoftheNon-Sense"(French)(Morocco,1983&1984},andathirdvolume:"Ante-rooms/Anti-poems/strange-verse"{France,1989}.
Hespreadtheparadoxismtootherwriters:fromMorocco(KhalilRalss),France(ClaudeLeRoy,ChantalSignoret,AnnieDelperier,PaulCourget,ChrisBernard,Jean-MichelLevenard),Turkey(HalilGokhan),andhe'snowtryingtointroducethisParadoxistMovementtotheUnitedStates,i.
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literaturebeyondthewords!
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artofthenon-art.
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revolutionaryformandcontent.
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anarchyanddictatorshipofthewords.
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lyricalavant-gardeandexperiments.
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