Impulse Quote by Matthea Harvey

I like the way the prose and poetry interact.

— Rachel Zucker

I prefer my prose evocative rather than simply effective, with a bit of poetry to it.

— Gemma Files

I think my poems immediately come out of the sensuous and emotional experiences I have.

— Sylvia Plath

Prose is all about embellishing and describing.

— Mike Birbiglia

Poetry, above all is a series of intense moments its power is not in narrative. I'm not dealing with facts, I'm dealing with emotion.

— Carol Ann Duffy

I do love writing prose interspersed with the poetry of other people. Their rhythms break into my prose and create a connection.

— Pattiann Rogers

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

— Ron Padgett

Poetry, for me, conveys the essence of narrative rather than its particulars.

— Delia Sherman

I think my prose - mine and that of others - sometimes slips into a cadence or rhythm that can replicate or come close…

— Pattiann Rogers

I write poetry because I can’t disobey the impulse; it would be like blocking a spring that surges up in my throat. For a…

— Gabriela Mistral

I like to move around in the landscape between poetry and prose, between the lyrical and the narrative.

— Rigoberto Gonzalez

I read a lot of prose poetry and get inspired by more-so just a state of mind.

— William Beckett