Paul Verlaine with Verlaine, Mallarmé, Rimbaud, Paul Valéry, Albert Samain and many others began to be referred to as "Symbolists." These poets would often share themes that parallel Schopenhauer's aesthetics and notions of will, fatality and unconscious forces, and used themes of sex (such as prostitutes), the city, irrational phenomena (delirium, dreams, narcotics, alcohol), and sometimes a vaguely medieval setting. In poetry, the symbolist procedure—as typified by Verlaine—was to use subtle suggestion instead of precise statement (rhetoric was banned) and to evoke moods and feelings through the magic of words and repeated sounds and the cadence of verse (musicality) and metrical innovation.
Tim Miller (poet) Stone)<br> "Ash and Other Poems" (1998, poetry) Tim Miller (poet) Tim Miller (born August 23, 1979) is an American poet and nonfiction writer. His work is essentially a dialogue and addition to ancient literature, world mythology, and religious scripture. Recently he has published a long narrative poem, "To the House of the Sun", portions of which had previously appeared online, in print, and in video form. Along with Paul Jessup, Miller founded Six Gallery Press in 2000. In 2004 they handed ownership of the press off to a collective formed by some of its other authors. In 2006, he and