Mina Loy

Mina Loy is by far one of my favorite poets that I have read so far this semester. At times, her vocabulary can be viewed as extremely erotic, which was a bold career choice for any woma at this time. Her writing gives the reader a sense of forward motion, while making up her own words where no other word could possibly fit. At times I know these words are made up, but they just seem to make perfect sense. Loy also seems to wrestle with social conventions. In "Apology of Genius" she uses the term "sarcedotal clowns." You do not often here of priests being referred to as clowns, but Loy does so in order to challenge our ideas of what is "normal." I believe that Loy is encouraging the reader to use their brains to think of other possibilities, rather than what everyday society forces upon them.