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A list of prose poems to explore.

Alejandra Pizarnik, “Sex, Night” (trans. by P. Ferrari & Forrest Gander) ^
Alexander Long, “Meditation on a Suicide”
Alina Stefanescu, “Hush Hush Hush” and “Two Faces
Amaris Feland Ketcham, “How We Echo
Amelia Martens, “A Robin Pulls a Thread”
Amorak Huey, “Prayer for What I Do Not Want
Ann Waldman, “Stereo
Anne Carson, “Short Talks” ^
Aria Aber, “Lass/Let
Arthur Rimbaud, “First Evening” (translated by Kline)
Beckian Fritz Goldberg, “Past Immaculate
Beckian Fritz Goldberg, “Enchanted Egg, #2
Beckian Fritz Goldberg, “He Said Discipline Is the Highest Form of Love
Beckian Fritz Goldberg, “Afterlife
Beckian Fritz Goldberg, “The One with the Darkest Hair
Ben Miller, “The Opposite of That Famous Story
Bob Hicok, “Prose Poem Essay on the Prose Poem”
Brenda Hillman, “Childhood” - an essay in rhyme
Cameron Awkward-Rich, “Meditations in an Emergency
Campbell McGrath, “The Prose Poem”
Carol Dorf, “On the Way Out of Memory Palace
Carol Guess
Cecilia Woloch, “Postcard to I. Kaminsky from a Dream at the Edge of the Sea”
Charles Rafferty, “The Problem with Sappho” ^
Charles Simic, “Heroic Moment
Christopher Kennedy, “Personality Quiz”
Christopher Kennedy, “The Genius
Claudia Rankine, 2 poems from Citizen, I ^
Czeslaw Milosz, “Decency
Daniel Poppick, “The Apple’s Floor
Daniel Romo, “Attention
Danielle Mitchell, “Year of the Dig
David Daniel, “Paint”
David Daniel, “Hotel”
David Ignatow, “Forever
David Ignatow, “Information
David Keplinger
David Shumate, 3 prose poems
Deborah Digges, “Fence of Sticks”
Denise Duhamel, “Napping on the Afternoon of My 39th Birthday”
Denise Duhamel, “Infiltration
Denise Duhamel, “The Drag Queen Inside Me” ^
Denise Duhamel, “Permanence
Diane Raptosh, “Husband” 
Dina Relles, “In A Sunday Kitchen
Doug Martin, “Morning Sickness
Emma Bolden, “Describe the Situation in Specific Detail
Essy Stone, “Among the Prophets”
Fanny Howe, “Second Childhood
Frank O'Hara, “Meditations in an Emergency
Frank O’Hara, “The Eyelid Has Its Storms” ^
Gabriel Gudding, “A Defense of Poetry” ^
Gary Young, “Four Poems
Geoffrey Dyer, “Tuesday, April 11, 2006
Geoffrey Dyer, “Wednesday, January 26, 2006
Gian Lombardo, “On the Mark
Gian Lombardo, “Three Wishes
Howie Good, “Door to the River
James Tate, “All Over the Lot
James Tate, “Goodtime Jesus” ^
James Wright, “Honey
Jane Harrington, “Ossein Pith
Jayne Anne Phillips, “Happy”
Jean Follain, “Prose Poem” (translated by William Matthews and Mary Feeney)
Jennifer Givhan, “Domestic” ^
Jennifer Martinelli, “The Devil Tides
John Ashbery, “The Young Son” ^
Kellie Wells, “Desertion
Laird Hunt, “Michiko and Akiko
Lance Larsen, “32 Views from the Hammock” - list poem
Lawrence Goeckel, “The Last Days Before the Age of Industry”
Layli Long Solider, “Introduction” - docupoetics
Layli Long Solider, excerpt from “Whereas”  
Lucy Ives, Three paragraphs from The Nineties
Mark Strand, “Dream Testicles, Vanished Vaginas
Mark Vinz, “Letter from the Cabin
Mark Yakich, “The Ordinary Sun
Mark Yakich, “The Mountain
Marvin Bell, “About the Dead Man, Ashes and Dust”
Matthew Rohrer, “Disquistion on Trees”
Maxine Chernoff, “The Sound” ^
Maxine Chernoff, “Simple Gifts
Maxine Chernoff, “Subtraction
Mary Ruefle, “On Twilight” ^
Metta Sama, “Outlaw
Mia Ayumi Mamalhotra, “On the street where a certain democratic leader lives…” ^
Michael Benedikt, “Three Sensualities
Naomi Shihab Nye, “Hammer and Nail
Nathan Parker, “Choice Pines
Nicole Sealey, “Even the Gods” 
Nin Andrews, “Adolescence
Nin Andrews, “The Magic of Forgetting
Nin Andrews, “How to Deal with Rejection
Nin Andrews, “1967
Peter Davis, “Poem Addressing Boys, Age 5
Peter Davis, “Poem Addressing People Who Are Tired, Hungry, or Horny
Randall Horton, “After Ruin
Ray Gonzales, “Who Were You?
Ray Gonzales, “I Saw” -a list of objects
Rob Carney, “Movie Review
Robert Haas, “My Mother’s Nipples”
Robert Hill Long, “Doing Hatha Yoga
Robert Lopez, “Man on Bus with Blindsters
Ron Silliman, “Final For
Rosmarie Waldrop, “The Material World
Russell Edson, “Let Us Consider” ^
Russell Edson, “A Love Letter
Sean Thomas Daugherty, “In the Light of One Lamp”
Sean Thomas Daugherty, “Two Variations on a Paisley
Sean Thomas Daugherty, “Untitled” ^
Sho Spaeth, “Moods—Yoel Hoffmann
Steve Berg, “Shaving”
Stuart Dybek, “Alphabet Soup
T. S. Eliot, “Hysteria
Terrance Hayes, “A Land Governed by Unkindness Reaps No Kindness
The Cyborg Jillian Weisse, “My Friend Says I Should Be Thinking about “Masked Intimacy” When I Think about Leila Olive
Tomas Transtromer
Yoel Hoffmann, “9
Yoel Hoffmann, from Curriculum Vitae
Zach Savich, “Melon City” 
Zach Savich, “Chestnut City
Zach Savich, “Sheet City
Zachary Schomburg, “The Fire Cycle” ^
Zbigniew Herbert, “The Wall” ^

And some books. Guide to Prose Poetry (Rose Metal Press) - Renee Gladman, Calamities (Wave Books) - David Shumate, High Water Mark (University of Pittsburgh Press) - Michael Benedikt, The Prose Poem: An International Anthology - Russell Edson, The Reason Why the Closet Man Is Never Sad (1972) - Arthur Rimbaud, Illuminations - Claudia Rankine, Citizen - Czeslaw Milosz, Roadside Dog - Frank O'Hara, Meditations in An Emergency (Grove Atlantic, 1957) - Mark Strand, The Monument (denied 1978 Pultizer Prize) - Top 10 prose poetry books according to Daniel Hales