SnipSnap
06-03-2007, 11:38 PM
Some people don't consider proems poetry, because it is written in paragraph form and sometimes depicts a story. Well, for one, paragraphs can contain words as poetic as stanzas, and two ... poems definately are not devoid of telling a story either.
So in this thread, we will assume that Proems are poetry.
Now, let's begin w/ a solid defintion of proetry, instead of my feigned lingo:
Proem- A "Prose Poem." It does not lose its poetic feel, and it rarely rhymes, deftly distinguishing it from a freestyle and rhythmical poem. It employs the same types of poetic devices
Some examples:
1) [i]The branch was a lurid looking thing, sticking out like a misplaced posable thumb from the old mahogany. It swayed like a perfectly sanctioned wand in subtle strokes, conducting a symphony of leaves, flower buds, and defunct squirrels yearning to find their way out of the mist.
2) She moved in deft mark time, her legs, two steamboats in the waves of her dress, moving up-down-up-down, her toes pointing to the floor as if a firing squad was to jump out, carouse, and bombard anyone in her way. She was not to be touched, and her inhibitions were named Huck, Tom, and Silas.
Trust a librarian to use Huck Finn allusions.
3) Godspeed to you, sir, Plea sir, Flee sir. Godspeed for you, marked by the cross? A crusader by trade, off to Byzantine, Stade! A jade for the plastinence of foiled mirth? Nay, sir, for her beauty is played.
"Godspeed to you, sir" - e.e. cumming's earlier work
The first one described something in nature, the second a person, the third was a rhymey one I threw in there just to show you that it is still possible, although I think it lacks something that the other have in relation to a poem put in paragraph form: Imagery. As you can notice, the first two could easily put into a story to make it work nicely and to give the reader a different perspect of a tree or a librarian. The third is just nonsense that you can trust e.e. cummings to write, hide, and then his third cousin x times removed finds it and publishes for $72.50.
:rolleyes:
Anyway, I hope you enjoy this little guide to the lost art of proems. If you would like to ask a question, argue, or simply show me your proem here for consideration and help, you may do so. If you feel there's anything left out, feel to tell me.
Ta-Ta for now.
~SnipSnap
So in this thread, we will assume that Proems are poetry.
Now, let's begin w/ a solid defintion of proetry, instead of my feigned lingo:
Proem- A "Prose Poem." It does not lose its poetic feel, and it rarely rhymes, deftly distinguishing it from a freestyle and rhythmical poem. It employs the same types of poetic devices
Some examples:
1) [i]The branch was a lurid looking thing, sticking out like a misplaced posable thumb from the old mahogany. It swayed like a perfectly sanctioned wand in subtle strokes, conducting a symphony of leaves, flower buds, and defunct squirrels yearning to find their way out of the mist.
2) She moved in deft mark time, her legs, two steamboats in the waves of her dress, moving up-down-up-down, her toes pointing to the floor as if a firing squad was to jump out, carouse, and bombard anyone in her way. She was not to be touched, and her inhibitions were named Huck, Tom, and Silas.
Trust a librarian to use Huck Finn allusions.
3) Godspeed to you, sir, Plea sir, Flee sir. Godspeed for you, marked by the cross? A crusader by trade, off to Byzantine, Stade! A jade for the plastinence of foiled mirth? Nay, sir, for her beauty is played.
"Godspeed to you, sir" - e.e. cumming's earlier work
The first one described something in nature, the second a person, the third was a rhymey one I threw in there just to show you that it is still possible, although I think it lacks something that the other have in relation to a poem put in paragraph form: Imagery. As you can notice, the first two could easily put into a story to make it work nicely and to give the reader a different perspect of a tree or a librarian. The third is just nonsense that you can trust e.e. cummings to write, hide, and then his third cousin x times removed finds it and publishes for $72.50.
:rolleyes:
Anyway, I hope you enjoy this little guide to the lost art of proems. If you would like to ask a question, argue, or simply show me your proem here for consideration and help, you may do so. If you feel there's anything left out, feel to tell me.
Ta-Ta for now.
~SnipSnap