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Unread 11-29-2022, 12:15 PM
Roger Slater Roger Slater is online now
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I don't know why it's so important to categorize and try to nail things down to precise dictionary definitions. Those of us who have engaged in such discussions should understand by now that the arguments and disagreements that result are not going to change minds or shed much light. If, for example, you are of the "there's no such thing as free verse" mindset, since it's just "lineated prose", you will remain that way no matter how many times I cite the Princeton Encylopedia of Poetry to the contrary,

So why not just acknowledge that there is a form of writing that many writers call "prose poetry" even though others allow themselves to be horrified that the word "poetry" is being used this way?

The question is whether, when I read the block of text someone had the temerity to call a "prose poem", I enjoy it and am glad to have read it. Not whether I have pigeon-holed it correctly.
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