I have just been reading about prose poems at:
http://www.gu.edu.au/school/art/text/oct02/letters.htm
Tom Shapcott in this article suggests that prose poems are lyrical, that
is, do not have narrative. I was wondering if it were possible to have a
prose poem which contains some element of narrative?
Also:
Anna Gibbs noted in her paper on feminism and fictocriticism
(TextOctober 1997):
http://www.gu.edu.au/school/art/text/oct97/gibbs.htm,
that the prose poem is one of the 'indeterminate forms' of 'literary
detritus' that fictocriticism makes use of.
I was wondering if anyone was interested in commenting on prose poems?
Also, would anyone who writes prose poems (or similar?) be interested in
posting examples they may have? joanne burns is one recent example I can
think of in the Australian context which does something different in
terms of prose poems (also perhaps blurring dramatic monolog into prose
poem.)
Finally, maybe one for the translators, is there something which could
be said about the French language which may have contributed to French
prose poems? (Please excuse the crudity of that question, but I don't
know how to formulate it... so you can tear into the question if that
helps.)
I am also thinking of Genet's books, esp Prisoner of Love, as prose
poems with (lyric)narrative.
Comments on what I said, not expected, but if anyone can say anything, I
would be interested to hear.
best
Chris Jones.
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