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Free Verse Rant against Free Verse



I admire all the aims of Free Verse,
In all I write rightly explicit
Regardless of stress and of meter
And with CAPITAL LETTERS to boot.

One onwards plods petty, proasic*,
Even worse, with linguistic abuse,
As for spelling, why, rules and times changing,
No core...erections once inked I think fair.

Terpsichore would be dumb could not dance,
Prose to accent and scansion stays deaf,
While to harmony all seems averse
Calls on cue for vain ego's applause.

Free Verse tractor drives, pastures green
Are ploughed to prepare literary
Slums which spurn mental gymnastics
Burning faith in fair future hopes held.

"There is no poetry in money,
No money in poetry" either,
As returns fall returns must increase,
Squeezing readers', booksellers' illusions.

This rant could continue for years
with cadence most messy maintained,
with readership bored into tears ...
Oops ! There's rhyme unintended ! Oh curse !


Author notes

prose proasic*, sic(k) prosaic
./.
truth lies in...correction

See http://allpoetry.com/poem/2589714

translation of Paul Verlaine, Vers Libres

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  • AdamAdkins
    July 8

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    Maybe its just me, but isn't there a difference between non rhyme and freeverse?

    This seems very planned and restricted. To me freeverse is the opposite of that.

  • ellipsist
    January 12

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    Touché



    point taken... did it hurt to write free verse instead of rhyme? the difference, methinks, is that when I use forms and rhyme, I struggle with it.... this was probably quite easy for you to lower yourself to my level...



  • janejainejayne gold member
    December 30, 2007

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    WONDERFULLY PROASIC!!!!!!

    dEAR POET, aS EVER
    yOU ARE BEING CLEVER
    wITH COMMENTS TERSE
    cRAFTING FREE VERSE
    bUT DEAR FRIEND OF MINE
    i LOVE IT WHEN YOU RHYME
    oH CURSE FREE VERSE!
    hAPPY nEW yEAR! jANE


  • Room without doors silver member
    December 30, 2007

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    Outstanding.

    This is humourous and articulate. I liked how you answered the question raised by the contest. There is certainly more freedom in free verse, there are no boundaries. Best of luck in the contest.


  • Whoochi gold member
    December 22, 2007

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    Lovely Rant

    Touche, made your point...I think this is such a debatable topic and glad you brought it to the forefront..I am a free verse lover, no rules, I dont count syllables, theres no richtameter, no rhyme...but thats just me,it comes from my soul..and thats why i love to do it...I still like to think mine is in motion....thanks for the food for thought...impeccable job once again....


  • I-Like-Rhymes gold member
    December 22, 2007

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    Thanks for entering my competition.
    Your entry danced around the page and also around my mind causing me to stop and think (and even to curse at proasic . You seemed to have added or rather removed the limitations of dictionaries to free verse.
    I wonder at your deliberate choice of 4 line verses; is that not a restriction of freedom?
    Many many thanks for sharing this offering with me.


  • Lily otv
    December 21, 2007

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    Is there reason without rhyme? It would seem there is nothing that you will not or can not turn your hand to! This is a shock to my system and my poor brain is befuddled now! Rhyme against freeverse is one discussion that could go on for years, as you have suggested and I agree with the sentiment of this piece as good scansion is often a rarity in freeverse.

  • montez gold member
    December 21, 2007

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    I admire...

    ..though detest your attempt at free verse.
    Jim sent me the link too, but I can't bring myself to write it. To me it's so facile - though you have used several words I need to look up in the dictionary, so it was at least worth reading - if only for THAT!
    Kind regards,
    Robin.


  • Night Hope gold member
    December 21, 2007

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    Heyyy... I do believe you're pickin' on me, my Friend. Free verse, capital letters, the quote I love from Robert Graves, "Burning faith in fair future hopes held"...Yep, seems like I fit the shoe remarkably well. Ahhh...so be it. I don't mind. I love your words, whether they rhyme or not. I know your meter is impeccable. I merely scribble...YOU are the Scribe. Wanda


  • sassylilpoet gold member
    December 21, 2007
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    Johnathan,

    this is lovely!, and I love rhyme

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