List: Free Verse

Free Verse is an irregular form of poetry in which the content free of traditional rules of versification, (freedom from fixed meter or rhyme).

In moving from line to line, the poet's main consideration is where to insert line breaks. Some ways of doing this include breaking the line where there is a natural pause or at a point of suspense for the reader.

Following the direction of Walt Whitman, Ezra Pound and T.S.Eliot, many modern day poets use this particular form of expression.

Source: http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/types.html

• Lion Of Normandy

  Of auld days and Vikings / Of warriors brave and undaunted / Tis even now / M' sleep be haunted / / I speak of once a man / Who pillaged,

  48 lines, 5 comments, on May 9 12:49 PM 2007. In Other, Historic, Love/Hate, Relationships
• If Only

  If Only / I had known / You weren't joking that day. / The last I saw of you. / Words can't testify / How you ripped yourself / From the co

  72 lines, 10 comments, on Jun 16 1:49 PM 2007. In Personal, Sad
• Muted

  Strapped tightly / Weighted down / Contraption of torture / I am bound / Mouth forced open / Metal scope in place / My X-rays posted on the

  33 lines, 5 comments, on Jun 25 2:35 PM 2007
• Gauntlet

  one mistake / you locked on / to me / like some painted target / followed me / enemy or lovesick fool / to this day / i'm not so sure / mor

  72 lines, 9 comments, on May 19 10:17 AM 2007. In Dark, Personal, Pain, Abuse, Emo, Weird, Love
• Hetha

  51 lines, 12 comments, on Aug 20 2:22 PM. In Other, Thoughts, Life
• Fiercely, I Love You!

  ~For Sarah~ / Born of bright light, yet cloaked by night; / You challenged a cruel world. / Perfect in such numerous ways, / Your warmth, such brilliant sweetness furled. / You glowed ane

  86 lines, 4 comments, on Jul 25 8:06 AM 2007. In Personal, Spiritual, Hope, Love
• Tablature of Recollection

  Areolas of carmine stain,
  The tablature of recollection.

  28 lines, 9 comments, on Aug 6 2:21 PM 2007. In Dark, Fantasy, Thoughts
• In the Moment

  Neck bent back, / Viewing the grass shoots from the sky. / I can see between the ant beds, / St. Augustine and Bermuda trimmed neatly. / Rhododendron dreams / Pennyroyal schemes, to take over / While dandelio

  20 lines, 9 comments, on Jun 4 1:50 AM 2007. In Hope, Humor, Life
• Token

  62 lines, 7 comments, on Feb 21 2:54 AM 2008. In Contest, Dark, Broken
• I Call You Out

  Dare I breathe your name? Consanguinity in motion.

  43 lines, 2 comments, on Aug 9 2:35 PM 2007. In Dark, Personal, Other
• Shutter Bug

  Flashed in shutter bug fragment Am I lost? Sane?

  45 lines, 4 comments, on Aug 1 1:34 AM 2007. In Dark, Abuse, Pain, Personal
• Nothing To See Here

  39 lines, 9 comments, on Feb 7 1:44 AM 2008. In Society, Sad
• Dark Waters

  11 lines, 6 comments, on Sep 9 10:19 AM 2007. In Dark, Spiritual, Contest, Thoughts
• Close My Eyes

  31 lines, 9 comments, on Sep 7 12:09 PM 2007. In Contest, Personal, Sad
• Phoenix Fallen

  32 lines, 10 comments, on Sep 12 11:54 AM 2007. In Pain, Sad, Dark, Love
• Crossroads

  34 lines, 11 comments, on Oct 8 12:17 PM 2007. In Contest, Life, Love, Friendship
• Awakening

  18 lines, 9 comments, on Sep 23 10:34 AM 2007. In Love, Sensual, Contest
• ~Grosses Mädchen~

  50 lines, 7 comments, on Apr 15 12:02 AM 2008. In Thoughts, Personal, Abuse, Servitude
• We Will Never Know

  40 lines, 3 comments, on Nov 5 12:43 AM 2007. In Society, Sad, Thoughts
• The Part You Throw Away

  34 lines, 7 comments, on Jul 31 9:29 PM 2008. In Contest, Sad, Dark, Life, Thoughts, Personal
• Holiday Spirit

  21 lines, 5 comments, on Dec 16 2:40 PM 2007. In Contest, Life, Hope, Spiritual, Thoughts, Personal
• Footprint

  32 lines, 6 comments, on Jan 19 10:56 AM 2008. In Contest, Thoughts, Life
• ~Caught Red Handed~

  23 lines, 13 comments, on Aug 23 4:49 AM. In Contemporary, Life, Other, Society, Thoughts
• Lost In Thought

  29 lines, 5 comments, on Apr 17 3:18 AM 2008. In Contest, Love, Thoughts, Nature, Other
• Echoes Mock the Forsaken Heart

  47 lines, 15 comments, on Feb 20 12:04 AM. In Spiritual, Contemporary, Personal, Nature
• Perhaps Next Time

  31 lines, 3 comments, on Nov 17 12:14 PM 2008. In Dark, Personal, Pain, Spiritual, Thoughts, Love, Hate
• Glinting Reflections

  20 lines, on Dec 17 1:40 PM 2008. In Life, Thoughts, Holiday
• Windswept Illusions

  31 lines, 11 comments, on Dec 20 2:07 PM 2008. In Contest, Love, Other
• "Slip-Slide"~January 29, 2009

  24 lines, 3 comments, on Jan 30 10:46 AM. In Personal, Thoughts, Other
• Solo

  9 lines, 6 comments, on Jan 30 9:37 PM. In Contest, Prompt
• Above and Below Breakfast

  28 lines, 12 comments, on Sep 19 11:19 AM. In Contemporary, Contest, Life, Other
• Wash. Rinse. Repeat.

  47 lines, 12 comments, on Aug 23 4:40 AM. In Contemporary, Contest
• Within your Height

  28 lines, 18 comments, on Aug 23 4:25 AM. In Contest, Contemporary, Life, Nature, Love
• Stings and Nettles

  64 lines, 8 comments, on Aug 23 4:46 AM. In Contemporary, Personal, Sad, Humor, Love
• Attraction's Crash Course 101

  17 lines, 6 comments, on Aug 23 3:59 AM. In Contest, Love, Dark, Pain, Other
• Unbound in Unsung Harmonies

  28 lines, 4 comments, on Sep 19 1:14 AM. In Contest, Theme, Nature, Thoughts, Spiritual, Personal

• By me, right now

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