Theory

"There is no such thing as a poem without a theory."
~ Ron Silliman (12 August 2008)

"When a writer says that he or she 'has no' theory or just simply writes whatever they may be 'given' to write, it does not mean that there is no theory, but rather that they refuse to look at these things, and that that is a critical, indeed foundational, part of their own theory, i.e. their own practice as poets."