Differences Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

Poetry and prose are of equal importance to me as a reader, and there doesn't seem to be much difference in my own writing.

— Kevin Powers

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

— Pattiann Rogers

Writing a poem is a more personal experience, I think, than writing prose. And perhaps reading a poem is a more personal experience than…

— Nick Laird

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

Why do you always write poetry? Why do you not write prose? Prose is so much more difficult.

— Walter Pater

I don't do much of anything consciously in writing - in poetry writing, anyway, prose usually being a different matter, of course.

— Ron Padgett

When I am writing fiction, I believe I am much better organized, more methodical - one has to be when writing a novel. Writing…

— Margaret Atwood

For me, poetry is an evasion of the real job of writing prose.

— Sylvia Plath

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

— Joseph Brodsky

I would rather write poems than prose, any day, any place. Yet each has its own force.

— Mary Oliver

Writing poetry helps me to write my fiction; each thing helps the other.

— Sandra Cisneros

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

— Pattiann Rogers