impoesa
Impoesa is a term used in contemporary literary discourse to describe a mode of poetry produced under external constraints that are imposed on the poet or on the generation process. The neologism blends impose and poesia/poesia, signaling a focus on constraints that originate outside the poet, whether procedural, technological, social, or political. Unlike traditional constrained writing, impoesa emphasizes external imposition rather than self-imposed rules.
The term emerged in online literary communities in the early 2010s and gained limited uptake in digital
Common practices include generating text from prompts provided by another person or a dataset; using algorithmic
Some practitioners distinguish between impoesa as a technique and as a philosophy of reading, focusing on responsiveness
Critics say it's a broad umbrella that risks vagueness; supporters see it as a useful framework to
See also: constrained writing, Oulipo, algorithmic poetry, procedural rhetoric.