#28

I decided to post a prose poem for my free entry this week..

Russell Edson
Sleep
There was man who didn't know how to sleep; nodding
off every night into a drap, unprofessional sleep. Sleep that
he'd grown so tired of sleeping
He'd tried reading the Manuel of sleep, but it just put him
to sleep. That same old sleep that he'd grown tired of
sleeping...
He needed a sleeping master, who with whip and a
chair would discipline the night, and make him jump through
hoops of gasoline fire. Someone who could make a tiger sit
on a tiny pedestal and yawn.

#27

There was one prose poem that actually caught my eye. The name of it is "Man with Wooden Leg Escapes Prison". I really did enjoy reading that poem because it actually sounded like a poem. Even though, It had a plot within the text. I felt like it was pointless and the man probably didn't learn his lesson. I thought it was really funny how he escapes from prison and all they do is take his wooden leg and tells him that he just has to over come some obstacles for a year. I am like come on. When was this actually written because now days that punishment seems almost impossible. Not only that they decides to give him his leg back? My question is why? There was no telling what he did in the first place to even be in prison. But what caught me by surprise was in the end he does not want his leg back. In his mind, he had already formulated an other plan to escape only using one leg. That lets me know that he did not learn his lesson in the first place.

#26

I guess we can imagine that my critical this week is going to be about prose poems. There are on going arguments about whether prose poetry is poetry or prose, or a separate genre altogether. Most critics argue that prose poetry belongs in the genre of poetry because of its heightened attention to language and prominent use of metaphor.Other critics argue that prose poetry falls into the genre of prose because prose poetry relies on prose's association with narrative and on the expectation of an objective presentation of truth. I believe that most of the poem in our packet from this week should in fact be made into a short story. Why do I say this? because you essential elements. The exposition, rising action, climax, and falling action all work into one. Lets reflect back on the first day of class. We discussed the definition of poetry. Some might have expand on the basic idea but for the most part we think of poetry as a collections of thoughts/emotions. A prose poem is not a collection of thoughts/emotions. In a way its a story about you thought and emotions.