I would rather write poems than prose, any day, any place. Yet each has its own force.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
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.
I write poetry anyway and have for years and years. For me, putting fiction and poetry together is like the best of both worlds.
From the reader's view, a poem is more demanding than prose.
I guess I find the boundaries between poetry and prose to be somewhat permeable.
When I am writing fiction, I believe I am much better organized, more methodical - one has to be when writing a novel. Writing poetry is a state of free float.
I've always wanted to write poems and nothing else.
We all write poems; it is simply that poets are the ones who write in words.
Lately, I've been thinking about the difference between poetry and prose, and as I've experienced it, poetry is insistent. It allows for images and statements to operate in a single space and resonate powerfully without the application to be elaborated upon and narrated.
Poetry is the hardest thing that there is. It fascinates me, so I want to write more of it.
They say poets write mostly for themselves; if anyone else likes it, well and good, if not, it doesn't matter; certainly, not to me.
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