The prose poem’s intent and desire has always been to fuse, not to fragment.  Still, what has consistently brought writers together—via, alas, disagreement—is the question of the prose poem.  Is it, as Russell Endo said, "A poetry freed from the definition of poetry and  a prose freed from the necessity of fiction"?  Is it "a cast-iron aeroplane"?  If so, can it fly? The prose poem engages the lyrical, narrative, ruminative, obsessive, ekphrastic, paratactical, associative, and rhythmic.  It also engages poets who search for a different kind of energy that is between, or maybe beyond, genre.”