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Calling All Free-Versers
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Calling All Free-Versers |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania 
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Calling All Free Versers Song of meter, song of rhyme Marching ‘cross the page in time Not too fast and not too slow Easy does it as we go Some of you hate structured verse You think it’s the very worst I can think of worse than this It’s a day without a kiss Let me have my kind of fun Now and then a little pun I can add a flair to rhyme Make it march in double time Double time, double time, double time now I can write in double time about a purple cow A little rhythm, little beat, a verse that isn’t free A song that isn’t music, that is good enougfh for me and what is the purpose to all this, you ask? it’s just to prove how absolutely silly structured verse is You gotta make it rhyme and to force it to rhyme with “now” you start writing about a purple cow and everyone knows there is no such thing as a purple cow Free verse is free and it is not silly it is serious it’s intellectual it’s limitless bound only by the size of the paper or the number of mega bytes in your hard drive whichever comes first so you see, it’s infinite the possibilities are infinite so from now on it’s free verse for me! so to all you “free-versers” (is that what you call yourselves?) I apologize for ever having written a rhyme or a meter, for that matter for meter doesn’t matter and neither does rhyme or time and rhythm should be banned but somehow it’s so...... it’s so....... it’s so.... natural ‘cause I got rhythm in my blood and all efforts at free verse have been in vein (there’s that pun I mentioned) so please forgive my silly verses and I will forgive your freeness and I do truly forgive you for your lack of rhythm, your lack of rhyming lack of chiming lack of timing lack of parameters and pentameters and all the other wonderful things that are missing in free verse I promise I’ll overlook it all Elizabeth Santos A Note: Dear poet friends. I apologize for not having time these days to respond to your comments on my poems. Often a poem will slip to a back page and I don't like to bring it to the front, so I don't respond, but I always read your comments and appreciate them. [This message has been edited by Elizabeth Santos (edited 04-14-2000).] |
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netswan Senior Member
since 2000-03-28
Posts 1369Washington |
Cute way to put thoughts on paper. I don't write in any structured way, just get on paper what I want to say, It may rhyme it may not. It might have rhythm, probably an accident that was bound to happen. As a newbie in these forums, I am certainly enjoyin' Glad you said "NOW" so it will rhyme with cow, cuz you would have been deep trouble if you chose purple or orange instead. Fun stuff, thanks. Teresa King |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Elizabeth, There is nothing to forgive, We live the way we live. Weather it be rhyme or free, Is strictly up to thee. Love Sy |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Oh but Elizabeth...I love them both and think, that written right, rhymed poetry is every bit as beautiful as free verse. The key is to not force the rhyme, but rather let it flow on its own. I can write in rhythm Put words in structured rhyme Sound just like the poets That graced another time I can dabble days in Sonnets Do a Ballad or Haiku Put my words in differnt forms And read them all to you But, in freeflowing words I offer up my heart inked onto paper where they have a life all their own. It is in freeverse where there are no bounds that my passions flow freely taking you along for the ride. |
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Cerenity Member Elite
since 2000-02-16
Posts 2637Escondido-California |
Hi Liz, No matter how you write my dear is perfectly fine with me I love it anyway you put it. Now one of the first things I ever read of yours was about a purple cow I thought there was purple cows that drank bad water, hehehe Cerenity |
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Martie
Moderator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
What is all this nonsence about the use of rhyme and what is it that captures the reader every time It's Liz with all the treasures that she holds in her heart and gives to us so freely in rhyme or free impart So if we can be silly and write of purple cows then can't I freely laugh about my cat, is that allowed Just keep on writing words my dear for I love every one because you have such grace with them and we all love ya, hon. |
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Meadowmuse Member Elite
since 1999-12-27
Posts 3263 |
Yikes, Liz, you've even got Martie rhyming!  This was a clever bit, indeed, Liz...thanks for providing the poetically insightful chuckle.~ Claire |
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Denise
Moderator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Whatever form you choose, Elizabeth, it is beautifully done! Denise |
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LoveBug
Moderator
Member Elite
since 2000-01-08
Posts 4697 |
Liz, I'm glad to see that you've embraced free-verse. Do you remember our first few, especally the one about the beetle? "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." -Oscar Wilde |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
Teresa, Welcome to Passions. I was just clowning around here, because everybody knows how jealous I am of poets who write in free verse, something I have not mastered. And we do have purple cows where I live, but that's another story. Thanks for your comments Sy, Thank you for your little poem, you know you have always been my inspiration Hoot, Your magic pen works in all forms of poetry. You are one of the few who can write anything with passion, and even your responses are lovely Cerenity, Yes, the purple cows are for real. Thank you for your lovely comment Martie, Well, look at you! Rhyme and rhythm! I feel so proud to have inspired this rarity! Thanks Martie for the lovely compliments Claire. You are another one of those who successfully writes both ways. Thank you dear, for your remarks Denise, Thanks for your sweet comments Lovebug, How can I ever forget the Beetle poems! hehe But I do love Beetles.Glad to see you posting such lovely poetry Liz |
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Lone Wolf Member Ascendant
since 2000-03-16
Posts 5842Lansing, MI USA |
Liz, Very unique approach on this one. Enjoyed it tremendously!!! You just pulled me right in and I just had to see where it would end up. Lovely surprise!!! Friends are friend forever if the Lord's the Lord of them and a friend will not say never cause the welcome will not end. --Michael W. Smith |
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CMGrimm Senior Member
since 2000-02-14
Posts 685USA |
Very cute poem Liz.. As for me, I just want to be able to express the words that tumble about my head driving me insane with sleeplessness and making me weary with fright that someone wont like what I have to say. And no matter how you do it...if it speaks to you...it's poetry. chris Never be a carbon copy of anybody...make your own impressions. - ANON. |
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Nan
Administrator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
How now, purple cow.. What of your verse? There's nothing worse Than writing not Those words you've got Stored in your head Just thought instead.. So free or rhymed In metered time Break out that quill And write them still!!!...  |
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Irish Rose Member Patricius
since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263 |
I love the individualism of the forum and each one their own style, including this one. Go on with the writing!! Kathleen |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Oh, dear Lizzie, you threw me into a tizzy, thinking you'd gone dizzy. I recovered in time to catch your flowing rhyme. It warmed this heart of mine. You've fallen in free-verse it could NOT be worse than having your pen run dry ... now that would cause me to cry ! For somehow in your verse of rhyme I find myself each and every time and it is more than fine if you explore the evermore of meter cause it matters and hearts you would shatter if Lizzie didn't pen her rhymes from within. So keep the poems coming we'll relish with delight any and every thing that you write. So you're a 'structured rhyme-iac' that's okay with me. I like anything you pen and that's a quip with glee. Love you ... ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ noles1@totcon.com |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
Lone Wolf, Was just having a little fun. Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you. Chris, If it speaks to you, it's poetry! Exactly! Thank you. (I see you are a "free verser") Nan, Ms."rhyme and chime" herself. Thank you for your verse.My little bit of free verse, could have been much worse. Irish Rose, I'll never stop writing, but gosh, wish I could write in free verse, too.! Thank you for your lovely comment Margie, I was a little taken back Your friend, the "sructured rhyme-iac" You always give me such a thrill With verses coming from your quill You write in free or rhyme that's true A "romantaholic" - that is you Liz |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Lizzie~ Guilty as charged !  ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ noles1@totcon.com |
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