Sentences with phrase «of poetic prose»

Meanwhile, this solo show comes accompanied by a piece of poetic prose that references writing by the likes of artists Matt Welch and Jenny Holzer and questions ideas of ownership, equality and identity in the midst of an impossible Return to Eden sentiment: «There is no natural world.»

The Rainbow Bridge is a work of poetic prose that describes a beautiful, imaginary place where our pets wait for us when it is our turn to leave this life.

By outlining these basic plot points, and working through them (loosely, of course), figuring out where and when they should occur (ie: solidifying the character's basic trajectory, or arc) my mind was then freed up to concentrate on other things — like fleshing out the rest of the story, and the creation of poetic prose.

I'm very surprised by the above response to what I thought and felt was an amazing piece of poetic prose.

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thinks, that the Tigris and the Euphrates have not a common source, that the Dead Sea had been in existence long before human beings came to live in Palestine, instead of originating in historical times, and so on... We are able to comprehend this as the naive conception of the men of old, but we can not regard belief in the literal truth of such accounts as an essential of religious conviction... And every one who perceives the peculiar poetic charm of these old legends must feel irritated by the barbarian — for there are pious barbarians — who thinks he is putting the true value upon these narratives only when he treats them as prose and history.

That is not to say that poetic language is nebulous, vague, uncertain: on the contrary, the cutting edge of great poetry is sharper and digs deeper than that of any prose.

But whereas in translating scientific prose the aim is simply to reproduce with complete accuracy the author's statements, in translating «poetic» language the primary aim is not just to reproduce statements about reality but, as far as may be, to make the same communication of reality — which will mean trying to reproduce something of the author's «tone of voice», something of the mood and colour of tie original.

To the dedicated removal of every vestige of poetic beauty from the language of the liturgy... into prose resembling that of a mail - order catalogue.

In the New Testament, the poetic prose of the Greeks and the parallelism and accentuated rhythms of the Jews are apparent.

The fact is that the same epic quality, the same kind of license, and indeed the same essential poetic character permeate the prose - but the form remains prose.

Another is lodged in the forehead of the calm Zen cyborg named Vision (Paul Bettany), one of the few poetic touches in a work of pounding Marvel - ized prose.

But dissected in the narrative lab of Patricia Highsmith's prose and processed by the poetic eye of filmmaker Todd Haynes, lesbian melodrama never looked so classy, or so emotionally accurate.

While the self - loathing artiste Charlie (Nicolas Cage) struggles to capture the essence of Orlean's poetic but decidedly uncinematic prose about orchid enthusiast John Laroche, brother Donald (also played by Cage) is having a far easier time with his own creative (in name only) writing endeavors, slavishly adhering to the structure guidelines set forth by screenwriting guru Robert McKee (played onscreen by Brian Cox) to come up with a thoroughly formulaic Tinseltown - ready thriller.

Hailed by critics as «one of the best of the genre» (Toronto Sun), his intense, poetic prose and his terrifying clan of characters are sure to thrill even the most discerning suspense reader.

Filled with a growing sense of claustrophobia and longing, and marked by observant and poetic prose, Laura's passages are the ones I clung to most.

Bullough's prose delights in poetic observations of the landscape, and he makes keen observations of the modern world's insistent destruction of that which he loves.

In poetic prose, Woodson not only shows us backward - glancing August attempting to stave off growing up but also wondering how we dream of a life parallel to the one we're living.

Winner of the Prix Goncourt, The Patience Stone captures with great courage and spare, poetic, prose the reality of everyday life for an intelligent woman under the oppressive weight of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.

In the Classroom: Talk with students about how a novel in verse is different from a prose novel (e.g., the use of white space, line breaks, poetic forms) and why an author might choose this verse format.

Sensitive prose poems depict a young girl's experience in a divided family through a scrapbook of photos and poetic vignettes in this moving offering from the author of several award - winning titles, including the Newbery Honor Book The Underneath (2008).

Thien explores the complexities of her characters and the intensity of their pain in prose that is both poetic and succinct.

If your favorite part of We Were Liars was Lockhart's narrative acrobatics and tender, poetic prose, check out Printz Honor - winning author A.S. King, who deftly toes the line of magical realism.

Clement relays Pearl's trouble - strewn story in the kind of prose that gets called «poetic»; it's taut, spare, musical, metaphor - laden, haunting, and every so often it hits you so hard in the gut that you gasp.

His clipped and poetic prose is saturated with the weight of its storytelling obligations and delivers handsomely.

In prose poems and poetic essays as sharp and stinging as a surprise slap to the face, Rankine matter - of - factly chronicles ordinary encounters poisoned by racism.

Even some of the prose has poetic elements.

Firewheel Editions publishes Sentence: A Journal of Prose Poetics, books, chapbooks, and occasional anthologies.

From philosophy and religion to geography and architecture, to weapons and mythology and symbolism, the author introduces us to every aspect of this land and its varied peoples with poetic prose that draws us easily into the story.

While the stories submitted range from humorous, to poetic prose and even a few lifesaving narratives, all of them celebrated how these adopted pets have changed and enriched the nominators» lives.

In his recent exhibition Blind Spot and Black Paper and the related book, he links images of public and private spaces with insightful prose in a glancing, poetic manner.

The poetic, even philosophical, prose mirrors the romanticized language of the former magazine, but becomes tinged with a subtle sarcasm and self - mockery that destabilizes the relationship between image and caption.

The book's poetic names, such as Arterial Blood Red, Berlin Blue, and Verdigris Green, added flourish to the writings of many researchers, allowing vivid descriptions for prose which had previously been limited to a more elementary color palette.

This philosophical and poetic prose reflects the romanticized language of the old magazine but is tinted with precise sarcasm and self - mockery that weakens the relationship between the illustration and the caption.

You mention poems by Michael Harnett and Vona Goake as well as some of Becket's poetic prose as influences on your work.