09-05-2014, 08:26 AM
(09-04-2014, 01:02 PM)rayheinrich Wrote:Likewise, Mr. Heinrich
Formatting, punctuation, what the publisher decides to call it...
I am not sure if it's possible to categorize it,
but I am sure it doesn't really matter that much.
Well, ok, maybe to librarians?
Though, thinking about it, the real problem (original sin if you want) is
that "free verse" was classified as poetry. If not for that, there would be
no need to fuss about prose-poems.
P.S. Pynchon's "The Crying of Lot 49" is whatever it wants to be.
P.P.S. Nice to see you around here Mr. "Heslop"
You and your kitty
"We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard, defining edges." - Gene Wolfe

