id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-2356 Martian poetry - Wikipedia .html text/html 920 125 62 Martian poetry Wikipedia Movement in British poetry This article includes a list of general references, but it remains largely unverified because it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. The term Martianism has also been applied more widely to include fiction as well as to poetry. Perhaps the best-known Martian poetry is Craig Raine's "A Martian Sends a Postcard Home" in which a Martian attempts to describe everyday human interactions and habits from his own point of view. Samuel Johnson's descriptions of the metaphysical poets' approach where 'the most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence together' could aptly describe much Martian poetry; in this context what was distinctive about Martian Poetry was its focus on visual experience. Poetry[edit] Raine, Craig, A Martian Sends a Postcard Home, Oxford University Press, 1979. This poetry-related article is a stub. Categories: British poetry Poetry movements Articles lacking in-text citations from December 2020 ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-2356.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-2356.txt