Free verse is
A daunting prospect
A mystery
A challenge.
Will my attempts be
Utter nonsense
Evidence of senility
a step in the right direction.
It is so uninhibited but
I like rules
I like limits
I like rhymes
I am stood on the diving board
Should I go
Shouldn't I
Geronimo!
Author notes
Please feel free to have a go at this I need help. Thanks to Watuwant for encouragement. Sorry about the final rhyme I couldn't resist it.
Written July 21st, 2005
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I just had to read this one ...
I started writing poetry in 2001 and having grown up with music and lyrics and the 'old poets' I immediately took to rhyme and meter. I, as an American, found out quickly the 'who likes it' and 'who doesn't'! And so, like you, I attempted to please with free verse! Oh my gosh ... my mind does not allow it and I would rather walk 200 miles than to deal with keeping the rhyme out, I suppose that to some it comes easy but to me, it makes no sense. You may find a few attempts in my works but I'm never satisfied with the way they don't seem to gel. Keep to your rhyme as you're a natural! joy
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My actual opinion is that anyone can write free verse -- but that the correct name for it is prose!!
From my short perusal of your own work I can see you are a like minded soul.
Jim
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Thanks for looking in and for commenting.
Jim S -
I liked this poem a lot, especially the last stanza, anyway great write and keep it up!
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blablabla it was good
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I loved the last line, that word just makes me chuckle. Well done, a really different poem from what I'm used to. Yay for orginality! 
Take care
xxx
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Thanks for looking and writing.
I still think really free verse is the same as prose myself but didn't the big man say "that which we call a rose would by any other name smell as sweet" and some of it is sweet.
Jim S -
The best thing about freeverse is after you write it, you can play with it all you want, and you don't have to worry about rhyme or rhythm. I find the easiest thing to write in freeverse is to describe something not human, like a nature scene.
And I love sestinas. They can be hard though. poetry.about.com/od/poeticforms/g/sestina.htm Gives you the form. -
Yes I seem to remember someone saying that to me a few weeks back. I wonder who?
Jim S
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Thanks for the comment Doug and for the motivation that got me writing this this afternoon.
Jim S -
lol. Yes, just jump right in! That's always the best way to go, and this one is a great start!
peace
doug
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Your very much welcome.
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Glad to hear from you again and I'll try to look up that reference. As for sestinas, give me time you know what they say about old (sea)dogs and new tricks.
Jim S -
Thanks for the notes. I will study and, hopefully, learn but I think I'll be doing a lot more of the rhyming stuff 'cos it's a lot easier.
Jim S -
ps You will recall somebody sd. free verse is like playing tennis without a net ...
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The ultmate comment on Free Verse is "Archy and Mehitabel." Why not try someting like a Sestina? Very tightly disciplined but appropriate for the right subject matter. The trouble with Free Verse is that it's apparently easy but in fact desperately difficult to do well - the fact it's almost impossible to REMEMBER is important too. I think rhymes are your greatest strength and I too love rhyming poetry (though I don't always write it).
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Free verse at times does contain rhyme....just not in a regular pattern.Unlike couples or sonnets or blank verse,free verse follows no pre-ordained,regular pattern of rhyme or meter.Therefore,one must identify free verse first by looking
for the negative facts,by checking for rhyme and finding no pattern,checking for meter and discovering no regularity. We can,however, describe free verse as more than a set of absences.So I hope that this helped....this was a fairly good attempt..hehehe keep at it.However do not forget your greatest at the rhymes.
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