prose poem
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of prose poem
First recorded in 1835–45
Example Sentences
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“Animal Joy” is at once prose poem, manifesto, sociological study and therapy session.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 18, 2022
It reads like a prose poem Wiggins wrote to predict what was coming in her own life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2022
A prose poem addressed to a silent interlocutor, and a memoir of the horrors of the war as witnessed by the author himself, it is a superb book with which to start.
From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2022
Very quickly O’Meara’s 113-word prose poem became a communal beacon of hope, attracting the attention of Oprah and opera and thousands more.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2020
The quality of the story is strong and seamed with the invigorating life of nature, and at times reads like a Longfellow prose poem.
From The Sa'-Zada Tales by William Alexander Fraser
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