“Poetry and prose are of equal importance to me as a reader, and there doesn't seem to be much difference in my own writing.” WritingSeemsDifferencesMy OwnReaderEqualImportanceProse Author:Kevin Powers
“I don't use the word lightly, in fact, I don't use it at all, but Ben Marcus is a genius, one of the most daring, funny, morally engaged and brilliant writers, someone whose work truly makes a difference in the world. His prose is, for me, awareness objectified-he makes the word new and thus the world.” WorldFactsUseDifferencesAwarenessGeniusBrilliantEngagedProseMaking A DifferenceDaring Author:George Saunders
“It may be safely affirmed that there neither is, nor can be, any essential difference between the language of prose and metrical composition.... They both speak by and to the same organs; the bodies in which both of them are clothed may be said to be of the same substance, their affections are kindred, and almost identical, not necessarily differing even in degree; Poetry sheds no tears "such as Angels weep," but natural and human tears; she can boast of no celestial ichor that distinguishes her vital juices from those of prose; the same human blood circulates through the veins of them both.” HumansMaySaidBodyPoetrySpeakLanguageNaturalDifferencesBloodTearsPoetEssentialsDegreesAngelAffectionSubstanceProseOrgansShedCompositionVeinsBoastJuiceIdenticalCelestialKindred Author:William Wordsworth
“The difference between prose logic and poetic thought is simple. The logician uses words as a builder uses bricks, for the unemotional deadness of his academic prose; and is always coining newer, deader words with a natural preference for Greek formations. The poet avoids the entire vocabulary of logic unless for satiric purposes, and treats words as living creatures with a preference for those with long emotional histories dating from mediaeval times. Poetry at its purest is, indeed, a defiance of logic.” LongUsePoetryPurposeNaturalDifferencesSimpleEmotionalPoetCreaturesLogicTreatsDatingGreekProsePoeticAcademicVocabularyPreferenceBricksFormationDefianceBuilderLiving CreaturesUnemotionalTime Poetry Book:Some speculations on literature, history, and religion Source: Some speculations on literature, history, and religion
“I don't think there's any essential difference, at least for me, between writing poetry and writing prose.” ThinkingWritingDifferencesEssentialsProseWriting Poetry Author:Jorge Luis Borges
“There IS a difference between poetry and prose! Poems should be sonically charged and new to the ear.” ShouldDifferencesEarsProse Author:Cate Marvin