DDCPoetry

Original poem reprinted online here: "A Fable" by Louise Glück Originally read: January 20, 2013 More information about the Poet:  Louise Glück After rereading this poem, I remember how I try (with every blog post) to separate Poetry and Prose.  Now I think I've argued why certain poems should be prose; however, not the reverse, some prose should be in poetry form.  I wonder why. In any case, this is a poem that I think would be better off as a flash fiction piece.  All the qualities are there for a flash fiction piece: short, plot, character development.  I look at the form and the line breaks and wonder what is gained by them. For example, "Two women with"  ending with "with."   I remember back that writer's shouldn't end a sentence with a preposition.  I never fully understood the reason why.  However, in this poem, I have a reason why.  Ending with a preposition forces to reader to go to the next line or sentence as though the ...