An Apparent Paradox

Poetry is prose and prose is poetry.

Paradox?

I think not.

I think that poetry is about

the free-flow of thought

and emotion through combinations of words

in order to create authentic feelings

of awe, wonder, and beauty

regardless of the content or subject.

"Prose," by conventional definition,

is writing not constrained by

structure, but rather

writing that is spontaneous,

stream-of-consciousness,

in-the-moment and free-form.

So it would seem

that prose and poetry

share the same meaning, revealing

that poetry is not defined by

adherence to structure

such as rhyme or metaphor or pentameter

so much as it is defined by

the spontaneous invention of a structure

without premeditation or planning,

which is no different from

prose -

this being whatever words come most

naturally

in any given moment

so as to communicate thoughts and feelings

in the most fluent, smooth, eloquent -

beautiful -

way imaginable.

Of course, the conventional

definition of "prose"

makes no mention of "beauty."

Or "eloquence."

But let's make it our delightful duty

to merge these two p's

and make this cultural prevalent.

Poetry

i.e.

prose

and

prose

i.e.

poetry

are simply two different signifiers

sharing the same signification

that is a means to

create beauty through combinations

of words and ideas

by virtue of their flow

and their depth.

Anything goes

for poetry,

like prose.

What matters

are spontaneity

and beauty.

You know?