tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2422112066790651313.post5346551855834737238..comments2024-03-14T08:34:34.769+00:00Comments on litrefs: "Prose" and "poetry" againTim Lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00578925224900533603noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2422112066790651313.post-72595795035823154802016-09-29T16:13:34.910+01:002016-09-29T16:13:34.910+01:00Yes, I, for one, am very much in favour of doing a...Yes, I, for one, am very much in favour of doing away with the dividing line between poetry and prose. It used to be obvious and in some cases still is—who would suggest for a second a sonnet is not a poem?—but ever since form took a back seat and end rhymes went out the window about the only thing that distinguishes poetry from prose is the line break and where are those during a poetry recital? Meaning should be the measure in my opinion and I know some poets sniff at meaning but if they want to be read by more than a handful they need to get off their high horse. If there is a distinction between poetry and prose nowadays it probably all boils down to accessibility which is odd because poetry (and by ‘poetry’ I mean ‘metaphor’) is the bedrock of language and it beats me why most of us struggle with what’s presented to us as poetry. Maybe it’s just bad poetry. Or bad writing.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.com