by 51 members Free verse does not have a set pattern of rhyme or rhythm. There are no rules about line length in free verse. You try to keep the words that belong together on the same line, but, sometimes the poet will break these words if he/she wants to create a visual shape to support the poem's message, or feeling that the poet wishes the reader to experience. The poet may wish to put special emphasis on a word he/she has used so he will that word a line to itself, or place it on the next line so the reader notices it or is surprised by the poet's use of the word . Often a poet will end a line because it feels right to him/her. Think of it as spoken music.
Anything and everything can be the topic of a free verse lyrical poem. The poem can tell a story, describe a person, animal, feeling or object. They can serious, sad, funny or educational. What ever subject that appeals to the poet can end up in free verse.
no rules apply ...just write what you feel
when you feel it ...
These are my favorite so if you want to be added to this collection please let me know thanks :)
47/F/On a hill near the sea
Use to write rap love dub poetry Enjoy spoken word free flow love Linton kwesi Johnson the beat Raised on hippiness Challenged by multiple Scleriosis …
19/Non-binary/New York
...................................just bones & dust.............................. *sensitive content warning: some poetry on my profile may have themes of suicide, self harm, violence, mental illness, blood, and death; …
M/Rochester, New York
Contentment, worry, love and fury, Fear and bravery, knighthood, knavery, Joy and sorrow, today, tomorrow, Truthing, lying, singing, sighing, Sitting, leaping, running, sleeping, Living dying, …
22/M/California
Student, 22, surfer, majoring in architecture+creative writing and happen to be gay if you really wanna know! Exploring and creating sacred spaces both physical and …
Montclair, NJ
I live in Montclair, NJ and invest my time in writing, movies, and comics. I'm sometimes heard playing bagpipes at odd hours during the day.
M/Silver Spring, MD, USA
"Nature is a mutable cloud that is always and never the same." --Emerson "He had studied the nostalgias." --Wallace Follow me on WordPress: Consolingthesky.com
31/M/Los Angeles, California.
Welcome unto my garden of flowers, beauteous flowers of sweet romantic poetry redolent of ethereal pulchritude—yet thrice effulgent than chalcedonic esplanades of Eden. From a …