04-27-2014, 07:49 AM
Absolutely. Prose is a fluid form as well, and its definitions are (or should be) constantly changing as the boundaries are reached and broken through. Labels hurt both prose and poetry, as "prose" always seems to get thrown around as being the less impressive of the two. This is terribly unfair. Not all prose is "prosaic".
Whether it is or isn't poetry or prose should be less important than whether it is or isn't fresh, well-written, demonstrating skill and originality, exciting, passionate, dynamic or a whole bunch of other rather cool things that interest readers who are otherwise terribly jaded.
Now, where's that herring? I need to cut down the tallest poppy in the forest.
Whether it is or isn't poetry or prose should be less important than whether it is or isn't fresh, well-written, demonstrating skill and originality, exciting, passionate, dynamic or a whole bunch of other rather cool things that interest readers who are otherwise terribly jaded.
Now, where's that herring? I need to cut down the tallest poppy in the forest.
It could be worse