Sunday, 7 July 2013

A flirty free verse



In keeping with the 'Something for the weekend' theme, I thought I'd share a brief flirtation with a free verse.


A Visual Dance


One passing
glance,
mere moments
held;
a visual embrace.

Heart flutters
in tympanic
dance,
rose tinted flush
adorns

as nervous smile,
and lowered lash
invite
Temptation's
sword.



Free Verse is an irregular form of poetry that does not necessarily follow the traditional rules of meter (rhythm), rhyme, form or punctuation etc.

Yet despite its freedom, free verse often maintains some elements of form. Most free verse does observe a convention of lines and structure. One of the main considerations when writing free verse is where to insert line breaks; often achieved by breaking the line where there is a natural pause or a point of suspense.
 

2 comments:

  1. I loved it, Laurie. Hope your 'flirtation' is not too brief.

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  2. I quite like free verse, Jean; minimal rules you see...lol (See previous post)although I seem to be hung up on Japanese short forms at the moment.

    I'm sure I'll be flirting with Free Verse again soon.

    Thank s for the visit.

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