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Based on the Dylan Thomas prose poem of the same name, published in 1952, the film lovingly and mournfully depicts the boyhood Christmastime of an old Welshman, tenderly and a tad mischievously embodied by Elliott.
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Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2025
Still, Carney’s lyrical piece, a sort of prose poem-flash fiction hybrid, written from the point of view of an unborn baby, illustrates a womb space at once protective and cage-like.
—Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
His 1987 prose poem, Memory for Forgetfulness, takes place during the 1982 shelling of Beirut, using the narrator’s personal experiences of fear and isolation as a stand-in for the historical experiences of the Palestinian people.
—Kevin Dickinson, Big Think, 8 Aug. 2025
The decision to end the story with a kind of prose poem about the life of the lake was both intuitive and technical.
—Willing Davidson, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2025
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Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2025
Still, Carney’s lyrical piece, a sort of prose poem-flash fiction hybrid, written from the point of view of an unborn baby, illustrates a womb space at once protective and cage-like.
—Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
His 1987 prose poem, Memory for Forgetfulness, takes place during the 1982 shelling of Beirut, using the narrator’s personal experiences of fear and isolation as a stand-in for the historical experiences of the Palestinian people.
—Kevin Dickinson, Big Think, 8 Aug. 2025
The decision to end the story with a kind of prose poem about the life of the lake was both intuitive and technical.
—Willing Davidson, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for prose poem
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“Prose poem.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prose%20poem. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.
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