[stylist] free verse poems Some info I found for you

[Donna Hill]

Myrna,
I like the "prose poetry" description. I seem to remember Bridgit commenting
many moons ago about a form of writing that encompassed both prose and
poetry. Perhaps she will be so kind as to refresh my memory.

I don't get to do much of what we call "creative" writing these days;
between Rich being sick for so long and me trying to promote my novel, my
creativity (such as it is) gets funneled into trying to write press material
that would interest someone to either review or buy the book. That said, the
one thing I am drawn back to is a poem of sorts that I've been editing for
over a year. It has parts that are definitely poetry in the classic sense
(rhythm & rhyme), parts that seem more like free verse poetry and others
that are actually dialog -- and not the William Shakespeare style that meets
the definition of poetry. It's important to me in some way but I don't know
what it is or what to do with it.
Donna

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I found this information for you on the poetry and prose  question... I hope
it helps.
The free verse question I am still working on... I have found over  my years
of writing that the opinions on this vary greatly and each source will give
you a slightly different definition or one that is totally  confusing.
Myrna

Prose vs. Poetry Definition
Poetry noun
    1.  the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting
pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts.
    2.  literary work in metrical form; verse.
Poetry is language spoken or written according to some pattern of recurrence
that emphasises relationships between words on the basis of sound as well as
meaning. This pattern is almost always a rhythm or metre (regular pattern of
sound units). This pattern may be supplemented by ornamentation such as
rhyme or alliteration or both.

Prose
noun
    1.  the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical
structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
    2.  matter-of-fact, commonplace, or dull expression, quality, discourse,
etc.
Prose is the form of written language that is not organised according  to
formal patterns of verse. It may have some sort of rhythm and some devices
of  repetition and balance, but these are not governed by regularly
sustained formal  arrangement. The significant unit is the sentence, not the
line.
Hence it is  represented without line breaks in writing.
Prose Poetry
_Prose poetry_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prose_poetry)   is poetry
written in prose instead of using verse but preserving poetic  qualities
such as heightened imagery and emotional effects. It can be considered
primarily poetry or prose, or a separate genre altogether. While prose
poetry in  the West originated in the 19th century, it has gain more
popularity since the 1980s.




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