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Prose poetry, a relatively new genre, is defined as imaginative poetic writing in prose (so most of the text doesn’t rhyme and isn’t metered). Prose poetry can have the effect on the reader of glimpsing into the heart of the writer in bits and pieces that manage to work as a whole. Good prose poetry blends the techniques of prose with the emotion and lyricism of poetry. Poets looking to break free from form along with prose writers seeking new means of expression may find creative freedom in prose poetry. Prose poetry is often also called “a novel in verse,” even though it doesn’t rhyme; see Figure 3-14.

a) From Alone, by Megan E. Freeman. Text copyright © 2021 by Megan E. Freeman. Reprinted with the permission of Aladdin, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division. All rights reserved. b) Cover and c) interior from I Am Here Now, by Barbara Bottner. Copyright © 2020 by Barbara Bottner. Reprinted by permission of Imprint, a part of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

FIGURE 3-14: Example prose poetry titles, including a look inside.

I Am Here Now, by Barbara Bottner (Imprint), shown in Figure 3-14, is an autobiographical look into the author’s teen years. It examines what happens when you shatter your life and piece it all back again; it also looks at how an artist comes into being. Clap When You Land, by bestselling author Elizabeth Acevedo (Quill Tree Books), is a novel in verse about a young Latina woman and what happens when her beloved hero of a father dies in a plane crash.