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Is Free Verse Free?

This is a very simple little contest.

I want you to tell me what you think is meant by "Free Verse"

BUT

I want you to write it in free verse!!!


Rules
This is free verse so there are no rules.

I will judge it by my own gut feeling and not by any poetical rules other than your own poem must be consistent with your own definition.

Please have fun and educate me in fee verse.

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on January 5
  • Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 100, Bronze: 50
  • Final notes:
    The contest is over and the judging is done. I have read some interesting verses and, although I am still unsure if free verse is poetry or a seperate (but equally valid) medium, I have seen and heard other peoples views.
    Gold ----- The Muse's Wilderness
    An excelent poem and contained a great description encapsulated in the 2 lines.
    It is a journey were there are no rules,
    Only (that) the desires burning within.

    Silver ----- Freedom
    Another great poem that does what it says and is what it describes.

    Bronze ----- Ahem..it is still poetry!
    Another good piece of writing which, despite its contradictory strictures against rhyme, is still a good description of a poet and their reason for writing in this fashion.

    Honourable Mentions go to
    Why Do I Write
    Free Verse
    Free Verse Rant Against Free Verse

    Thanks to all of you who entered and gave me so much to think about. Including the question I posed one contributor....
    "Is what I have just written free verse?"
    Jim

Contest Winners

  1. The Muse's Wilderness
    No fences of forms to cor
    by penman 38 lines, 6 comments, on Dec 21 4:02 PM 2007. In Other
    Gold trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  2. Freedom
    by whispernthedark 15 lines, 3 comments, on Jan 3 10:09 PM. In Other
    Silver trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  3. ahem..it is still poetry!
    heart, and soul prescribes
    for rhyme sometimes binds
    my hands to my sides
    by poetryality 102 lines, 8 comments, on Dec 21 5:30 PM 2007. In Contemporary
    Bronze trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  4. Why Do I write...
    Why do I write these words, If there is no one to see ?
    by tarnished-angel42 11 lines, 3 comments, on Dec 21 4:47 PM 2007 [remove]
  5. Free Verse
    They call them free verse,
    Thats not a song without pay,
    by JustAnotherIdoit 31 lines, 1 comment, on Dec 21 5:51 PM 2007
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]

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  • zhanis wolf
    December 21, 2007
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    hee hee i wrote a villanelle poem about free verse. i was mad at my mother

  • whispernthedark silver member
    January 5
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    Oh my gosh, thank you so much! Congrats to all winners!!!!

    ♥
    whisper

  • penman gold member
    January 5
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    Thank you for the gold. Congratulations to all the winners.

  • poetryality silver member
    January 5
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    My Dear Jim,

    You've been on this site for a long time. I know you know that along with free verse, I-Like-Rhyme. (Pun intended)

    Thanks so much for the Bronze Cup here.

    Congratulations to all the winners and mentions.


    Much Love & Many Blessings ♥

    Renee