The extended prose poem has always eluded me. I take the same approach as prose, writing and tighten- writing and tighten, producing a few verses from what starts as a few pages of A4. But how to write Under Milkwood or The Ballad of Reading Gaol, remains a mystery to me. How do I say the few sides of A4 are not rubbish to rachet up short and tight, and are poetic works in themselves hmm?
The extended prose poem has always eluded me. I take the same approach as prose, writing and tighten- writing and tighten, producing a few verses from what starts as a few pages of A4. But how to write Under Milkwood or The Ballad of Reading Gaol, remains a mystery to me. How do I say the few sides of A4 are not rubbish to rachet up short and tight, and are poetic works in themselves hmm?