prosy

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In 1996, Blinn had designed, printed, and hand-bound seventy-five copies of “Ric’s Progress,” Hall’s long, prosy poem about a bad marriage.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 31, 2018

“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” lost most of its magic in the prosy outline.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2016

This poetic note is sounded halfway through the first act of the generally prosy new musical “Far From Heaven,” which opened on Sunday night at Playwrights Horizons.

From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2013

Nothing seems unnecessary in this economical, finely-judged poem, the shortness of the lines being what in too many poems it is not: a guarantee against a prosy sound.

From The Guardian • May 24, 2010

There I went again, building up a glamorous picture of a man who would love me passionately the minute he met me, and all out of a few prosy nothings.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath