Personal experience Quote by Nick Laird

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

The reading of a poem should be an experience. Its writing must be all the more so.

— Wallace Stevens

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

— Pattiann Rogers

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

— Walter Pater

I think writing a poem is like being a greyhound. Writing a novel is like being a mule. You go up one long row,…

— Ron Rash

I think many people (like myself) prefer to read poetry mixed with prose; it gives you more to go by; the conventions of poetry…

— William Empson

“To write or read a poem is . . . to enter into a different kind of thought world from our normal patterns. A…

— N.T. Wright

The decision to write in prose instead of poetry is made more by the readers than by writers. Almost no one is interested in…

— Robert Morgan

Poetry is easier to learn than prose. Once you have learned it you can use it as a light and a laser. It shows…

— Jeanette Winterson

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

From the reader's view, a poem is more demanding than prose.

— Mark Strand

I enjoy writing poetry more than seeing people in real life. To me most people are the same.

— Jeremy Limn