The decision to write in prose instead of poetry is made more by the readers than by writers. Almost no one is interested in reading narrative in verse.
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One can't write for all readers. A poet cannot write for people who don't like poetry.
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.
There are people who think it's easier to write books in verse, and it's definitely not.
From the reader's view, a poem is more demanding than prose.
There is poetry even in prose, in all the great prose which is not merely utilitarian or didactic: there exist poets who write in prose or at least in more or less apparent prose; millions of poets write verses which have no connection with poetry.
More modern poetry is written than read.
I'm a failed poet. Reading poetry helps me to see the world differently, and I try to infuse my prose with figurative language, which goes against the trend in fiction.
For whatever reason, people, including very well-educated people or people otherwise interested in reading, do not read poetry.
We all write poems; it is simply that poets are the ones who write in words.
I would rather write poems than prose, any day, any place. Yet each has its own force.
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