How to Write a Surrealist Poem

"No idea or image that might lend itself to a rational explanation of any kind would be accepted."
Un Chien Andalou

 

The idea of what surrealism means has definitely changed since its incarnation in the '20s, but when I say "surrealist poem" I'm holding closer to the original definition than how we see it now – meaning the exploration of the unexplainable processes of the subconscious.  The thing that's changed about the term is that the dreamlike images (also...