Please see my column on the differences between poetry and prose:
“I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry; that is, prose—words in their best order; poetry—the best words in their best order.” — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Lessons in writing prose
Free Verse definitions
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How could you know everything? -
My name is mountain lying down,
Hopi script of such a canyon, -
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I am a broken pen etching details
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Did you find my fragile words in falling leaves, such beauty cropped,by kaibab 62 lines, 10 comments, on Mar 17 9:28 AM 2008
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by LadyUnique 37 lines, 5 comments, on Feb 8 4:41 PM. In My own style
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This is for Wanda, Nicolette, Carol, Yvette, Kathleen, Marianne, Lane, Rhonda, Cherilyn, Melissa, Saffron and Zayra . . . I feel blessed toby marc creamore 55 lines, 30 comments, on Apr 13 5:33 PM 2008. In thank you, Personal, Thoughts, female poets
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by Danny Beatty 27 lines, 5 comments, on Aug 26 9:46 PM. In quantum mechanics of selfhood and freedom
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In light of those who choose to "bash" poetic works, instead of leaving a proper literary critique or review...suggestions on how to be effective & be nice. You don't have to like it. Just don't trash it.
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The hands are gnarled
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Winters, when ground is silent,
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by Black Narcissus 39 lines, 2 comments, on May 17 1:29 AM. In Thoughts
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I wish him young, fever-river smell
reclaiming surrendering body,by kaibab 50 lines, 5 comments, on May 18 5:02 PM -
its the edge you could never see ,because the tragedy is
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He was making snow angels in the cold
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She is like a leap over a precipice
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He is my Drop Dead Fred. Have you met him?
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Cup ear to crack and measure harvest,
note clearing throat to eastern definitionby kaibab 61 lines, 5 comments, on May 21 12:54 PM
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by mimiagatha 46 lines, 3 comments, on May 21 3:32 PM. In Love
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by Danny Beatty 71 lines, 8 comments, on Dec 5 11:29 PM 2008
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17 lines, 12 comments, on Jun 24 1:34 PM. In Contest
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49 lines, 1 comment, on Jun 26 1:47 PM. In Life, Love, Hope, Nature, Spiritual, WLBAlpha, Inspiration, Dedication
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29 lines, 16 comments, on Jun 27 2:19 PM. In Contest, Hope, Life, Love, Nature, Spiritual, Inspiration, Dedication
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39 lines, 5 comments, on Jul 3 10:34 AM. In Life, Love, Hope, Nature, Spiritual, Inspiration, Dedication
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41 lines, 12 comments, on Jul 8 12:07 PM. In Contest
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16 lines, 13 comments, on Jul 8 12:15 PM. In Contest
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19 lines, 8 comments, on Jul 9 11:57 PM. In Contest
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53 lines, 24 comments, on Jul 10 12:52 PM. In Contest
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31 lines, 9 comments, on Jul 12 10:34 AM. In Contest, Life, Love, Nature, Spiritual, Sorrow, Inspiration, Creativity
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59 lines, 6 comments, on Jan 7 10:31 AM. In Inspiration, Dedication, Hope, Love, Life, Nature, Sorrow
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52 lines, 13 comments, on Jul 22 2:08 AM. In Contest
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If you'd like to get an idea of some of the WONDROUS SPIRITS
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Ah, you Poets, pick up your pens & sing Songs of Goodness...
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*I sigh your name -
Night Hope ~ FAVORITE AP POETS (as of 12/13/2005)
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120 lines, 41 comments, on Oct 28 2:31 PM 2006. In Spiritual, Nature, Hope, Collaboration, Inspiration, Life, Love
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50 lines, 8 comments, on Nov 30 1:04 PM 2006
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58 lines, 31 comments, on Jan 18 10:12 PM 2007. In Personal, Spiritual, Nature, Friendship, Love, Hope, Contemporary, Society
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45 lines, 19 comments, on Nov 26 9:25 PM 2007. In Personal, Friendship, Love, Life, Nature, Spiritual, Hope, Dedications
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126 lines, 32 comments, on Jan 6 3:58 PM 2008. In Personal, Love, Life, Hope, Dedication, Nature Spiritual
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96 lines, 80 comments, on Mar 15 2:01 PM 2008. In Dedication, Inspiration, Personal, Love, Life, Hope, Nature, Spiritual
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71 lines, 31 comments, on Apr 5 10:12 PM 2008. In Personal, Inspiration, Dedication, Love, Life, Nature, Spiritual, Hope
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96 lines, 29 comments, on Apr 13 2:06 PM. In Contest, Hope, Life, Love, Nature, Spiritual, Inspiration, Dedication
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51 lines, 19 comments, on Nov 1 12:39 PM 2008. In Hope, Nature, Spiritual, Love, Life, Sorrow, Dedication, Inspiration, WLB Alp
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64 lines, 71 comments, on Sep 6 11:25 AM 2008. In Inspiration, Personal, Dedication, Love, Life, Nature, Spiritual
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67 lines, 23 comments, on Sep 8 10:44 PM 2008. In Love, Dedication, Inspiration, Nature, Spiritual, Hope, Life
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*I inhale Life -
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31 lines, 11 comments, on Jun 26 2:22 PM 2007. In Personal, Love, Friendship, Life, Nature, Spiritual, Dedication
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41 lines, 7 comments, on Jul 26 10:15 AM. In Contest
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51 lines, 25 comments, on Nov 18 7:14 PM 2006
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What is that precious essence
perfectly spilled from wells of poetry’sby ten thousand cicadas 41 lines, 27 comments, on Dec 11 8:41 PM 2007 -
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31 lines, 7 comments, on Mar 9 2:47 PM 2008. In Dedication, Personal, Love, Life, Sorrow, Hope, Nature, Spiritual, Inspiration
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42 lines, 9 comments, on Mar 9 5:43 PM 2008. In Personal, Inspiration, Dedication, Nature, Spiritual, Hope, Love, Life
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2 lines, 8 comments, on Apr 9 3:58 PM. In Contemporary, Hope, Life, Love, Nature, Spiritual, Society, Fame & Misfortune
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33 lines, 9 comments, on Apr 11 11:37 PM. In Life, Love, Hope, Nature, Spiritual, Personal, Sorrow, Dedication, Inspiratio
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58 lines, 20 comments, on May 22 10:20 AM. In Contest, Hope, Life, Love, Nature, Spiritual, Inspiration, Dedication, WLBAlp
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46 lines, 7 comments, on May 22 10:30 AM. In Contest, Hope, Life, Love, Nature, Spiritual, Inspiration, Dedication, WLBAlp
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63 lines, 5 comments, on May 23 2:49 PM. In Contest, Life, Love, Nature, Spiritual, Sorrow, Inspiration, Creativity
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58 lines, 25 comments, on May 28 11:45 PM. In Contest, Life, Love, Nature, Personal, Spiritual, Inspiration, Dedication, Ho
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32 lines, 18 comments, on Jun 4 1:31 PM. In Contest, Hope, Life, Love, Nature, Spiritual, Inspiration, Dedication
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48 lines, 5 comments, on Jun 5 4:47 PM. In Contest, Life, Love, Hope, Nature, Spiritual, Inspiration, Dedication, Person
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114 lines, 18 comments, on Jun 8 12:05 PM. In Life, Love, Hope, Nature, Spiritual, WLBAlpha, Inspiration, Dedication
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24 lines, 4 comments, on Jun 10 12:20 PM. In Contest, Hope, Life, Love, Nature, Sad, Spiritual, Inspiration, Dedication
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37 lines, 9 comments, on Jun 10 1:32 PM. In Contest, Hope, Life, Love, Nature, Spiritual, Sorrow, Inspiration, Dedication
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33 lines, 12 comments, on Jun 13 11:57 AM. In Contest, Contemporary, Life, Love, Nature, Spiritual, Inspiration
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46 lines, 12 comments, on Jun 17 1:28 PM. In Contest, Life, Love, Hope, Nature, Spiritual, Inspiration, Dedication
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64 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 26 10:17 AM. In Contest
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18 lines, 6 comments, on Jul 30 2:12 PM. In Life, Love, Hope, Nature, Spiritual, Inspiration, Dedication, Acrostic
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43 lines, 11 comments, on Nov 30 12:30 AM 2007. In Personal, Creativity, Love, Life, Nature, Spiritual, Hope, Dedication
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45 lines, 30 comments, on Aug 15 11:34 PM 2008. In Personal, Contemporary, Hope, Sorrow, Life, Love, Dedication
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63 lines, 22 comments, on Aug 24 12:11 PM 2008. In Personal, Passion, Inspiration, Love, Life, Nature, Spiritual, Dedication
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by Danny Beatty 29 lines, 3 comments, on Dec 10 6:59 AM 2008. In quantum mechanics of God
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70 lines, 68 comments, on Jan 21 5:26 AM. In Personal, Dedication, Inspiration, Creativity, Love, Life, Spiritual, Hope, N
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18 lines, 15 comments, on Nov 30 7:05 PM 2008. In Personal, Dedication, Love, Life, Hope, Sorrow, Nature, Spiritual, Inspiratio
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I never sought for, nor did I bid them come.
Cacophony of words lay on my tongue, -
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