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

Sun Jan 12 20:53:26 UTC 2014

Bridgit,
Thanks. It was the word "lyrical" that just wouldn't come to mind *grin* I
also love Annie Dillard, but never connected that she was doing that. I tend
to think of everything as either prose or poetry -- a bad habit, and perhaps
I've finally found my New Year's resolution.
Donna

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Donna,

Yes, it's called lyrical prose or poetic prose. It's commonly used in essay
and memoir writing, but fiction writers use this style as well.
Two writers who frequently use this style, and two of my favorite writers,
are Annie Dillard and Maxine Hong Kingston. I often attempt a lyrical style
myself.

In lyrical prose, there's an emphasis on using imagery and metaphor along
with adopting a poetic voice, which leans heavily on sensory descriptions.

I also find little time to work on creative writing. Between Declan, chores
and other endeavors, my own creative writing finds little time to bloom. On
days I have free-time, I am usually exhausted and need a moment to rest
instead of doing anything else. I do read a lot, and I believe reading is a
great way to keep a writers mind in tact, but nonetheless, I do wish I had
more time for creative writing. I do a lot of PR writing myself for others
including S & S, but when it comes to my own personal writing, the time
isn't always there.

Bridgit

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

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

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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