Differences Quote by Cate Marvin

To my mind, most prose poems are more prose than poetry. They don't possess most of the qualities of a poem.

— Pattiann Rogers

Poetry must be as well written as prose.

— Ezra Pound

Poetry isn't just different from prose, it's more important for the human species.

— Joseph Brodsky

Poetry is meant to be heard.

— Mary Oliver

Poetry is fascinating. As soon as it begins the poetry has changed the thing into something extra, and somehow prose can go over into…

— Michael Tippett

Poetry is so close to music, not just in cadence and sound but in silences. That's why, to me, I can't talk about prose…

— Pattiann Rogers

Lately, I've been thinking about the difference between poetry and prose, and as I've experienced it, poetry is insistent. It allows for images and…

— Tracy K. Smith

Poetry is innocent, not wise. It does not learn from experience, because each poetic experience is unique.

— Karl Shapiro

Prose poetry is not set to a melody or music so there's something freeing about it.

— William Beckett

“The thing that makes poetry different from all other arts [is that] you're using language, which is what you use for everything else--telling lies…

— W.S. Merwin

Poetry is when you make new things familiar and familiar things new

— Rory Sutherland

One of the most important differences I see between prose and poetry is the music of the language.

— Pattiann Rogers