Lesson 2 - The Prose Poem as an Exquisite Corpse

Prose Poetry vs Flash Fiction, Surreal vs Absurd vs Experimental vs Camp, and a few Surrealist techniques

Mariam Chagelishvili

This is Lesson 2 of 8 from Karan Kapoor’s Surrealist's Toolkit: Creating Beautiful Prose Poems from Everyday Madness. If you missed lesson 1, it’s right here.

In our first class, we delved into the origins and defining characteristics of surrealism and explored how the prose poem serves as a perfect medium for this literary movement…