I have in other articles wrote briefly on poetic prose, or the prose poem, as I see it, as I have also put my view in a recent book on both Lyric Poetry and Poet Prose, matter of fact, in two separate books. In this article let me express poetic prose, or the prose poem, in two of my poems, one: "The Meatpacker's Boy," (or, MPB), a long poem in the book "Days" and the poem: "Requiem for a Gang" (or, RG). What makes them poetic prose, or a prose poem, in my eyes, and in those of other poets eyes? Let's start out with "Requiem for a Gang," a poem of over 5000-words, this long, in comparison to some. You can get lost in this poem looking for the elements that make it what it is. Both poems can be found on the internet: RG: the center of attraction is what? Perhaps we might say the good and the evil; the point, one can escape if s/he so desires, we are not fated to a certain unescapable certainty! Thus, Escape! Also let's look at the insight in the poem: in man's universe, he lives with no gravity...



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