Prose Poetry Books

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The Prophet The Prophet (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as prose-poetry)
avg rating 4.23 — 334,656 ratings — published 1923
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Bluets Bluets (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as prose-poetry)
avg rating 4.03 — 59,877 ratings — published 2009
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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as prose-poetry)
avg rating 4.00 — 429,258 ratings — published 2019
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Flow Down Like Silver Flow Down Like Silver (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as prose-poetry)
avg rating 4.01 — 4,516 ratings — published 2009
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Citizen: An American Lyric Citizen: An American Lyric (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as prose-poetry)
avg rating 4.25 — 52,695 ratings — published 2014
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The Secret Magdalene The Secret Magdalene (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as prose-poetry)
avg rating 4.14 — 4,784 ratings — published 2005
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Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as prose-poetry)
avg rating 4.25 — 37,768 ratings — published 1998
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Invisible Cities Invisible Cities (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as prose-poetry)
avg rating 4.09 — 100,113 ratings — published 1972
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Milk and honey Milk and honey (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as prose-poetry)
avg rating 3.95 — 826,333 ratings — published 2014
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Paris Spleen Paris Spleen (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as prose-poetry)
avg rating 4.23 — 15,759 ratings — published 1857
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The White Book The White Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as prose-poetry)
avg rating 3.81 — 39,484 ratings — published 2016
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The Princess Saves Herself in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #1) The Princess Saves Herself in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as prose-poetry)
avg rating 3.82 — 162,215 ratings — published 2016
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Crank (Crank, #1) Crank (Crank, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as prose-poetry)
avg rating 4.16 — 156,836 ratings — published 2004
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The Penguin Book of the Prose Poem: From Baudelaire to Anne Carson The Penguin Book of the Prose Poem: From Baudelaire to Anne Carson (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as prose-poetry)
avg rating 4.08 — 297 ratings — published
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Little Weirds Little Weirds (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as prose-poetry)
avg rating 3.86 — 41,291 ratings — published 2019
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The Prophet: Kahlil Gibran's Masterpiece Illustrated With Original Drawings by The Author (1923 Edition) The Prophet: Kahlil Gibran's Masterpiece Illustrated With Original Drawings by The Author (1923 Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as prose-poetry)
avg rating 4.53 — 51 ratings — published
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Time Is a Mother Time Is a Mother (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as prose-poetry)
avg rating 3.90 — 38,121 ratings — published 2022
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The Crossover The Crossover (ebook)
by (shelved 4 times as prose-poetry)
avg rating 4.21 — 71,141 ratings — published 2014
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Girl, Woman, Other Girl, Woman, Other (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as prose-poetry)
avg rating 4.25 — 270,188 ratings — published 2019
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The Madman The Madman (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as prose-poetry)
avg rating 3.98 — 12,356 ratings — published 1918
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Night Sky with Exit Wounds Night Sky with Exit Wounds (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as prose-poetry)
avg rating 4.16 — 51,727 ratings — published 2016
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Crush Crush (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as prose-poetry)
avg rating 4.34 — 43,417 ratings — published 2005
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The Poet X The Poet X (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as prose-poetry)
avg rating 4.36 — 144,354 ratings — published 2018
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The Sun and Her Flowers The Sun and Her Flowers (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as prose-poetry)
avg rating 4.08 — 385,892 ratings — published 2018
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The Iliad The Iliad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as prose-poetry)
avg rating 3.93 — 523,371 ratings — published -800
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Tender Buttons Tender Buttons (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as prose-poetry)
avg rating 3.64 — 7,275 ratings — published 1914
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Why God is a Woman Why God is a Woman (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as prose-poetry)
avg rating 3.81 — 989 ratings — published 2015
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Brown Girl Dreaming Brown Girl Dreaming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as prose-poetry)
avg rating 4.15 — 94,246 ratings — published 2014
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Out of the Dust Out of the Dust (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as prose-poetry)
avg rating 3.77 — 80,412 ratings — published 1997
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The Book of Disquiet The Book of Disquiet (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as prose-poetry)
avg rating 4.39 — 39,092 ratings — published 1982
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By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as prose-poetry)
avg rating 3.46 — 8,352 ratings — published 1945
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Where the Sidewalk Ends Where the Sidewalk Ends (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as prose-poetry)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,527,634 ratings — published 1974
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Grief Is the Thing with Feathers Grief Is the Thing with Feathers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as prose-poetry)
avg rating 3.79 — 56,636 ratings — published 2015
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as prose-poetry)
avg rating 3.76 — 80,782 ratings — published 1375
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The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #2) The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as prose-poetry)
avg rating 3.72 — 50,277 ratings — published 2018
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Home Body Home Body (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as prose-poetry)
avg rating 4.05 — 162,064 ratings — published 2020
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Bright Dead Things Bright Dead Things (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as prose-poetry)
avg rating 4.19 — 14,898 ratings — published 2015
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Aphrodite Made Me Do It Aphrodite Made Me Do It (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as prose-poetry)
avg rating 3.95 — 11,608 ratings — published 2019
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This Is How You Lose the Time War This Is How You Lose the Time War (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as prose-poetry)
avg rating 3.83 — 359,763 ratings — published 2019
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Love Her Wild Love Her Wild (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as prose-poetry)
avg rating 3.96 — 34,549 ratings — published 2017
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Swing Swing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as prose-poetry)
avg rating 3.90 — 7,148 ratings — published 2018
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Other Words for Home Other Words for Home (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as prose-poetry)
avg rating 4.40 — 35,160 ratings — published 2019
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Whiskey, Words, and a Shovel I Whiskey, Words, and a Shovel I (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as prose-poetry)
avg rating 3.81 — 16,058 ratings — published 2015
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A Love Letter from the Girls Who Feel Everything A Love Letter from the Girls Who Feel Everything (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 3 times as prose-poetry)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,036 ratings — published 2018
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Finding Hope in the Darkness of Grief: Spiritual Insights Expressed Through Art, Poetry and Prose Finding Hope in the Darkness of Grief: Spiritual Insights Expressed Through Art, Poetry and Prose (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as prose-poetry)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,541 ratings — published 2018
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The Dark Between Stars The Dark Between Stars (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as prose-poetry)
avg rating 3.95 — 16,758 ratings — published 2018
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The Universe of Us The Universe of Us (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as prose-poetry)
avg rating 4.05 — 20,543 ratings — published 2016
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Lolita Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as prose-poetry)
avg rating 3.87 — 965,552 ratings — published 1955
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Illuminations Illuminations (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as prose-poetry)
avg rating 4.31 — 14,207 ratings — published 1875
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The Odyssey The Odyssey (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as prose-poetry)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,226,036 ratings — published -700
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“In the depths of contemplation, we encounter the curiosities of reality: the way a breeze can carry whispers of ancient stories, the rustling leaves speaking a language only the soul can comprehend. Each droplet of rain becomes a prism through which we glimpse reflections of ourselves, fragmented yet whole.

We reclaim forgotten pieces of our identity in the most unexpected places-a fleeting smile from a stranger, the scent of pine on a winter’s night, the laughter of children echoing in the distance. These ephemeral moments remind us that the present is a mosaic, intricately crafted from the past yet ever vibrant with potential.”
Nicholas Kyle Edwards, Interrelation and Other Works

Richard Brautigan
“With the rain falling
surgically against the roof,
I ate a dish of ice cream
that looked like Kafka's hat.
It was a dish of ice cream
tasting like an operating table
with the patient staring
up at the ceiling.”
Richard Brautigan, Lay the Marble Tea

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