More poetry from Jesse Abbot and this particular piece crosses the border into prose. I like it.
I’ve always wondered (and should study up on it or get into a poetry group) what makes prose into poetry. I’m a lover of the poetical use of words in narrative, yet was surprised several years ago to find pieces that I considered short story or essay be included under the realm of poetry (whoops, I first wrote “form of poetry” there, and that’s a wide open field).
But art is freedom–once the rules are known and understood, they are meant to be pushed beyond their boundaries and may, as in the case of prose poetry, merge with a different genre to become something new. After all, if one appreciates the poetics in story form, then one will well appreciate the story form of poetry.
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