Prose poets

[rayheinrich]

A modest proposal to improve our currently ambiguous wordage nomenclature.

The terms 'prose-poem' and 'poem-prose' ('poetic prose' is a misnomer) seem
to have nudged the terms 'poem' and 'prose' into several of the various
overlapping realms of the Ambiguities*.

While it has been proposed that this uncertainty be alleviated by renomering
'poem' and 'prose' to 'poem-poem' and 'prose-prose'; this solution, in my
humble opinions, is far too simplistic. What's required is a more precise
system of designation.

Specifically:

That the numbers from 00 to 99, designating percentage and representing the
quantity of various qualities possessed by the entity in question, be prefixed
to the universal root designation 'wordthingee'.

For purposes of example, we'll use the following seven qualities (more will
certainly be required): 'poem', 'prose', 'canticle', 'fiction', 'lies',
'non-fiction', and 'mostly nonsense' (and yes, I realize that the qualities
'poem' and 'mostly nonsense' are largely redundant, but bear with me):

A pile of wordage loosely labeled 'prose-poem' could now, after detailed
analysis, be classified as a '49-57-05-93-89-02-99 wordthingee'.

Another heap of wordage previously labeled 'prose-poem' and erroneously
equated with the '49-57-05-93-89-02-99 wordthingee' above, could now,
upon further inspection, be labeled a '49-56-05-93-89-02-99 wordthingee'.

I look forward to the intellectually formidable discussions that will, of necessity,
result from their disparity.

Sincerely,
your ever supposititious,
Ray



*The Ambiguities are first mentioned, albeit metaphorically, in the Theogony of Hesiod.
As no one has yet to determine their names, they remain in that all-to-problematic
category of undiscovered Greek gods and/or Sumerian proto-deities.