tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8303906221917588052.post111594929166719800..comments2023-10-19T10:51:43.826-04:00Comments on Author Amok: Poetry Postcard 32: Airbus A320Author Amokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13636391982938592789noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8303906221917588052.post-37390195361919429642013-02-20T22:43:22.566-05:002013-02-20T22:43:22.566-05:00One of the assistants led a group of middle school...One of the assistants led a group of middle schoolers in a flash fiction group, working first with quick writes and then bringing them to find their own topic. We talked about it briefly, because she expressed an interest in prose poems. I occasionally see one in YA anthologies, but mostly I've read only one prose poetry book by Robert Bly "What Have I Ever Lost By Dying". Obviously I have little wide background, but I thought a prose poem perhaps was tone, very narrow in topic, a relating of an event, perhaps without an ending even. Laura, you're educating me! (I like the cockpit poem, the line where God has to turn on autopilot-& that's another conversation) Thanks!<br /> Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8303906221917588052.post-77516684976508330642013-02-20T15:01:16.796-05:002013-02-20T15:01:16.796-05:00Thanks, Tabatha. It's a fascinating form. Inte...Thanks, Tabatha. It's a fascinating form. Interesting -- I couldn't find any children's or YA anthologies of prose poems. I think they are perfect for poetic monologues.Author Amokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13636391982938592789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8303906221917588052.post-6771197174928931802013-02-20T09:55:25.005-05:002013-02-20T09:55:25.005-05:00To be honest, I do find prose poems confusing as a...To be honest, I do find prose poems confusing as a genre. I like the one you shared today a lot, though. Tabathahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367572663591077922noreply@blogger.com