Prose Poetry Society
is a group of poets write prose poetry. In 2015 we had formed Inventives
Cloud of prose poetry writers and Arcs magazine, then we progress to
Tajdeed institute of expressive narrative in 2016 after that we formed
Expressive narrative Group in 2017, now we feel that there is a need for
an international society for prose poetry so you established our Prose
Poetry Society in the beginning of 2019 . Although we announce the
society in 2019 but our work is wellestablished in theory and practice
in publishing groups, magazines and books in addition to Arcs annual
prize.
Our definition of the prose poem is a
poem has been written in one block, horizontal shape and in
antinarrative narrative style so there is no break lines, no vertical
column and no victorious lyricism.
The activities of Prose Poetry Society (PPS).1- Annual anthology of best prose poems.
2- Arcs prize of prose poetry
3- Arcs prose poetry magazine
4- Prose poems group on Facebook.
Prose Poetry Theory
In Literature, there are poetry, prose
and in the middle, prose poetry according to the characters of the
superficial and deep structures of the speaking. Every speaking or its
writing has a superficial structure which is the first construction and
the understanding level in the hearing or reading process, and a deep
structure which is the analytic and semantic level in this system. While
poetry characterized by rhythmic superficial and deep structures, the
prose is characterized by unrhythmic superficial and deep structures.
But in the prose poetry we find the unrhythmic superficial structure and
the rhthymic deep one, and this is the cause of hybridization in the
prose poetry. So the prose poetry is a hybrid of prose and poetry and
the rhymicity and unrhythmicity.
The prose poetry can be produced with a
narrative or lyric manner. If the style is lyric in both superficial and
deep layers, there will be the lyric prose poetry, while if the style
was narrative in both superficial and deep layers; there will be the
narrative prose poetry. But we can find the superficial narrative
structure with the deep lyric structure. In this case there will be the
hybrid of Narrato-lyric prose poetry, and this the second hybrid inside
the first hybrid of proso-poetry. So the Narratolyric prose poetry is a
hybrid inside a hybrid.
“The Narratolyric Writing” is relatively a
short introduction to a very wide world of the narrative lyricism. It
is a door into a new world.
It is clear that the existence is
composed from formal aspect and intellectual aspect and everything in
addition to its external appearance has an internal image. We have, with
the external form of any person, an intellectual idea about him and we
can say in a broad meaning that he has a body and soul.
The narratolyric writing is the big
transfiguration of prose poetry. All the things differ in the power and
clarity in its existence. Some of them are so obvious and the others are
weak and inert. The differences between things’ existences we called
“the degrees of transfiguration”. So everything has a transfiguration,
and everything triess to present with full transfiguration. In fact, our
existence is an attempt toward the grand transfiguration, and
everything has a degree in its transfiguration.
The writing, like anything has an
external form and an intellectual ideation, and it always tries to
appear with complete transfiguration in these sides and this is so
obvious in literary writings. In fact the literature is an advanced
degree in the writing’s transfiguration and every literary genre is
seeking a complete transfiguration in its intellectual ideation in
addition to its formal appearance.
In the poetry, there are the narrative
and the descriptive poetry paralleling the dramatic poetry. In other
side there is lyric poetry which opposite the narrative, and there is
prose poetry which is opposing the verse.
The prose poetry is always seeking a
complete transfiguration, and because the complexity of its hybrid
nature, its prose as well as its poetry tries to reach the complete
transfiguration with full elements. Any piece will appear with weak
prose poetry’s transfiguration, if it doesn’t consent this situation; I
mean the coexistence of transfigurations of prose and poetry. The high
level of coexistent transfiguration of prose and poetry in a prose poem
we call (the complete prosopoetry). The prosopetry has different
transfiguration’s degrees, and the “Expressive narrative” with its
narratolyricism is the highest in its level where we find the complete
poetry in complete prose. That is to say; the body is prose, but the
soul is poetry.
The storytelling, which is the
narrative’s soul disagreeing the expressiveness which is the lyric’s
soul. In expressive narrative, we make a new hybrid by transplantation
of the soul of one of them and give it into another one. We transplanted
the expressiveness, the soul of the lyric into the body of the
narrative, so we have the “expressive narrative” with narratolyricism,
which is different from its usual meaning.
Narrative expressionism
Narrative expressionism is a writing
style where the literary piece has been written in narrative-lyric
system in which the written text has appeared with the narrative
superficial structure and deep poetic one. In narrative expressionism
the narrative text composed of poetic elements and there is no time,
place, or characters but there are poetic, lyric, imagery elements which
have been narrated. In this hybrid system, the glory of both; prose and
poetry have transfigured completely, so it reaches the infinite target
of prose poetry writing. The expressive narrative text appears in one
block; no lines, no breaks and no blanks.
The anti-narrative narrative and
anti-poetic poetry co-exist in the narrative expressionistic system.
Traditionally, the writing depends on the meanings to produce its effect
and its emotional impact on the reader, and usually, the narrative
poetry uses the frank storytelling style to form its shape, but in
narrative expressionistic expressive narrative, the dependence is on the
abstractive emotive aspect of the language with narrative resisting the
narrative and appears in final anti-narrative figure. The expressive
narrative which is the textual transfiguration of narrative
expressionism characterized by a superficial narrative structure with
deep poetic one, and from this, it differs from the lyric poetry and the
fictional narrative.
Expressive narrative
The expressive narrative is a narrative
poetry had been written with high expressive manner, which is depending
on the emotive construction and not just the meanings power. The
expressive narrative characterized by a superficial narrative structure
with deep poetic one, and from this, it differs from the lyric poetry
and the fictional narrative. By the powerful expressive voice, the
dependence on the affective characters of language, and the usage of
poetic plot, it differs from the narrative poetry. The narrative poetry
and expressive narrative lie in the middle zone between the lyric poetry
and the fictional narrative, but while the narrative poetry lies on the
side of fictional narrative with storytelling and the expressive
narrative lies exactly in the middle where it represents the optimal
transfiguration of prose poetry by its outmost “prosopoetry”
In a short sentence, Expressive
narrative prose poetry means a narrative superficial structure with a
deep poetic structure. The expressive narrative prose poetry is an
Arabian writers group writes the prose poetry with a superficial
narrative structure and deep poetic structure so the text has been
composed of feelings and emotions instead of meaning and symbols with a
very close step from the abstract poetry.
Expressive narrative aids the writer to
sail deeply in his poetry without alienation or ambiguity in a sweet and
familiar narrative texture and this is the miracle of the expressive
narrative where the innermost poetry associate with sweetness and this
is in contrary to the traditional poetry where the symbolism makes an
ambiguity.
The expressive narrative represents a
grand transfiguration of prose poetry by summation of the complete
transfiguration of poetry with the complete transfiguration of prose. It
is a magic and unprecedented appearance of prose poetry.
Narrative lyricism with superficial
narrative and deep lyricism is the essence of the expressive narrative.
Swimming of the poetic elements in a space of narrative is the
cornerstone of the expressive narrative. The text should be horizontal
with continuous writing; no breaking and no lines. In expressive
narrative prose poetry, the anti-narrative narrative and anti-poetic
poetry co-exist. By these features expressive narrative differs from
lyric free poetry and by the obvious lyricism it differs from prose
poetry. . Expressive narrative is a new school, a new vision and a new
revolution in literature. It is the world of beauty, simplicity and
creativity.
Anwer Ghani , the founder.
