productionpoetry
Productionpoetry is a term used to describe a poetry practice focused on the processes, infrastructures, and labor that underlie modern production. It emphasizes the material conditions of making, from factory floors to global supply chains, and often treats production as both subject and method in verse.
Origins and scope: The term emerged in the early 21st century within online poetry communities and small-press
Form and techniques: Productionpoetry tends to blend documentary strategies with lyric or procedural forms. Poets may
Themes: labor conditions, automation, outsourcing, precarious work, environmental impact, and the social and ethical implications of
Relation to other movements: It overlaps with documentary poetry, data poetry, and industrial/revolutionary labor poetry; sometimes
Reception and scholarship: As a relatively new label, productionpoetry is primarily discussed in online journals, chapbooks,