DDCPoetry

Original poem reprinted online here:  "Soldierization" by Jane Satterfield Originally read: January 13, 2013 (hole punched the date :-/ ) More information about the Poet:  Jane Satterfield What's the difference between prose and poetry?  Hell that I know?  This is just a guess though. The difference between Prose and Poetry is expectation.  The automatic response when reading something in prose is information -- whether it be an article detailing something, or a finding out the plot of a story -- prose has that long tradition of a useful tool for information. Can you imagine a poem constricted to information like an article?  Meh, maybe, just not there yet.  Poetry plays more on a language level (or at least has more leeway).  And although sound accounts for some the distinction, this poem distinct itself through does other poetic techniques. So I paused after writing the last sentence.  I wanted to be specific about the poetry techniques th...