tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667237235611477498.post6183013841725083811..comments2023-06-16T09:40:55.330-04:00Comments on Here Birds Sing: Prose and PoetryJeffersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03640510186663979919noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667237235611477498.post-89026833371581452062011-02-03T04:07:59.686-05:002011-02-03T04:07:59.686-05:00I think you are right prose does tend to "spe...I think you are right prose does tend to "spell it out" a lot more than poetry, but the it can afford to you have more words to play with for a start. I have been thinking a lot about those differences myself of late - it started when I read a badly edited novel by someone quite famous. I realised that many of the novelists I enjoy the most were actually poets before they became novelists - I am sure that this is not a coincidence!Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06090382196937582571noreply@blogger.com