Hey guys! I'm trying to find poetic movements or specific poets that work in a particular emotional register, that bracing-for-the-end-of-the-world feeling. Not full apocalypse or aftermath but rather that suspended and sigh-heavy (?) moment just before collapse. Basically whatever f***ery what we're living in is. low-level dread, exhaustion, melancholy, living alongside the sense that something is coming apart.
Related to that, I am especially interested in poets who do NOT lean HEAVILY on lyric attraction or confession but instead focus on:
× concrete objects
× daily or mundane scenes
× ordinary routines
× material details
and somehow render them with HIGH emotional intensity, often through metaphor, susoended attention, or accumulation rather than overt melodrama. Almost like the poem is quietly documenting life as it continues under looming pressure of an "end" we know for sure will happen but cant seem to afford to do anything about.
I know that this is hyper-specific, but I'd appreciate it immensely if you could help. Id also love to receive suggestions for criticism/essays/ etc.
Thank you in advance :))
by Sweaty-Ratio-210