Mixed-dialect poetry employs multiple regional, social, or historical varieties of a language within a single work, creating heteroglossic texts that reflect linguistic diversity and social complexity. This practice may involve code-switching between dialects, juxtaposing registers, or blending linguistic varieties to create hybrid forms that resist standardization. Mixed-dialect poetry often addresses themes of identity, class, region, or cultural contact while challenging hierarchies that privilege standard varieties over vernaculars. Such works demonstrate how linguistic mixing can generate expressive power and represent the actual multiplicity of lived linguistic experience.

Mixed-dialect poetry combines regional, social, or historical speech varieties—explores identity, power, and linguistic diversity within a single text.