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

Sun Jan 12 21:59:51 UTC 2014

What kind of novels does Maxine Hong Kingston write?
This is the second time I've heard of her.  I read The Joy Luck 
Club by Amy Tan for English class and have to write an essay on 
it, and one reviewer online said that Amy Tan and Maxine Hong 
Kingston are similar writers.
Vejas

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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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Donna
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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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