Response to "The Dreamlife of Letters" by Brian Kim Stefans

     I think Stefans' "The Dreamlife of Letters" is one of the most original online poems I have ever experienced. I am a huge fan of Poetry, especially spoken word. Though I probably did not understand the full meaning of this work, I found it very interesting.
     I felt that this poem was making a statement on sexuality and gender. Words such as "gender", "sex", and "phallic" were used multiple times. The poem starts out going by letter, and it does this somewhat consistently throughout, but it makes exceptions. For example, during the "s" words, gender came up multiple times.
     Also, when the word "gender" was the main focus, the words bent and moved across the screen. Perhaps this is a statement on the flexibility of sexuality and the spectrum of gender and gender roles.
     On the screenshot below, you can see that this poem can be very confusing and disorienting. I found that I struggled to understand if Stefans was attempting to make phrases or just nonsensical words. Perhaps that was the point of the poem. If it is a statement on gender or sexuality, then maybe the viewer is supposed to be confused. Just like gender and sexuality isn't completely understood, "The Dreamlife of Letters" is not completely understood. I think it was a definite stylistic decision to make this poem a bit confusing, but if I had done an online poem in this format, I would've put some phrases down, to give the reader something to definitely understand every so often.
     Overall, I really enjoyed this poem, even though it is not the way I would present my own written work.

Here is a link to the poem:
Dreamlife of Letters