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So went the voice-over at the Undercover show: a prose poem written and read by the film director Wim Wenders.
—Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
Each suite of poems treats its subject matter with a discerning, mature hand: from lyrical sonnets about the life of Harriet Tubman to severe, confessional prose poems about mental illness.
—Nina MacLaughlin, BostonGlobe.com, 27 July 2023
To me, that’s a prose poem.
—Vulture, 4 Aug. 2022
Phyllida Barlow wrote a prose poem in conjunction with her remarkable show of new sculpture, which was not only made for Hauser & Wirth gallery but also made in it: The colossal works were constructed from the ground up inside the long, tall, skylighted South Gallery.
—Christopher Knightart Critic, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2022
The words in this powerful prose poem were written by Maryland native Jason Reynolds, a New York Times bestselling children’s author and a 2018 Newberry Honor Medalist, while his best friend, Jason Griffin, created the striking mixed-media collages that comprise the artwork.
—Mary Carole McCauley, baltimoresun.com, 26 Dec. 2021
This prose poem by Laura Da’ juxtaposes the loss of land and Shawnee culture with the birth of the speaker’s son.
—Laura Da’ Victoria Chang, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2022
Caldwell’s landscapes are paired with longtime collaborator Bernard Welt’s prose poem, a few snippets of which are printed on the gallery walls.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 17 June 2022
Farther Away From his prose poem, Underworld Lit, which will be published in August by Wave Books.
—Zora Neale Hurston, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021
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Word History
First Known Use
1716, in the meaning defined above
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“Prose poem.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prose%20poem. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
Kids Definition
prose poem
noun
: a composition in prose that has some of the qualities of a poem
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