Magical Realism in Poetry – Louise Gluck
I would say that magical realism in poetry (and fiction) removes the argument of “likeness”. It simply plunges the reader mysteriously into an altered world. It offers mystery as a doorway. It isn’t always an easily entered door, but once you walk through, things have changed.
Consider Louise Gluck’s poem, “The Wild Iris”. ‘It doesn’t use metaphor or simile. The story is simply told from the point of view of a flower that is somehow conscious.