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# The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Prose Poetry: Contemporary Poets in Discussion and Practice

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Come prepared to dig deep, leave with buried treasure, and learn to polish it until it gleams.
  

*by E***E on Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2022*

This book (along with all of the Rose Metal Press Field Guides, most of which I own) is not only a great companion for established writers; it’s also my #1 recommendation to friends who “want to write” but don’t know what direction to begin.The jump from run-of-the-mill stream of consciousness writing that many of us do casually, be it in journals or Instagram captions, is easily adapted to prose poetry with the ~write~ technique. I’m of the camp that anyone can be a writer, and that the only difference between you and most any published author is practice and dedication.Prose poetry, especially attempted in the instructional style of this book, is in my opinion one of the easiest but most profound writing genres to hone in on and develop skill in. Don’t have the patience to outline a whole novel, but don’t have the discipline to craft poems in strict meter? Here you go, friend.Even established writers will, I think, take great joy in and possibly even pick up a new tip (or five) from the books format. It mostly consists of an almost textbook style interview/presentation, analysis, and prompt. And when I say prompts, I mean anything but the cheesy thoughtless “who was your childhood hero?” drivel that makes up most basic instructional books and guided journals. Come prepared to dig deep, leave with buried treasure, and learn to polish it until it gleams.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    There is not a better guide
  

*by D***A on Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2014*

I should have given this five stars, but I wished that the essays pulled from a wider pool of scholars and writers. Still, there is not any other guide to compare it to. This is an inspired collection of essays, many written in a lyrical style about prose poetry as a form. Each essay is followed by a prose poem. An exemplary and varied collection that will give new writers a readers a sense of characteristics that define a prose poem. Like flash fiction,  prose poetry is an evolving form so an exact definition can be elusive.  Do not expect a how to. Just enjoy the language and learn by osmosis.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Field guide to mental maps and creative landscapes of prose poets
  

*by M***Y on Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2011*

Having just reviewed two other books of prose poetry (Great American Prose Poems and Models of the Universe) and seeing the previous reviews here (with which I agree), I almost didn't bother to comment, except that I wanted to say I highly recommend this book.As mentioned in the above reviews, this somewhat slender volume offers ample material for an in-depth college course on the appreciation and practice of prose poetry. Since I have no such campus courses near me, however, I thought that other potential readers might encounter this problem too. So I wanted to let you all know that, if you're also an isolated poet, poetry lover, or poetry student who must study informally on your own or at home, you will most likely find this book to be helpful with enticing examples and diverse explications of the genre.Regardless of your personal tastes in poetry, this delicious assortment of prose poems and essays will guide you into a rich appreciation and (quite possibly) ongoing appetite for prose poetry. What most surprises me, though, is that I'm now finding prose poems suddenly coming to me, unbidden and waiting to be written in a genre I had never before taken seriously but now love.

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