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Free verse is a form of poetry describing various styles that are not written using strict meter or rhyme, but there is more to free verse. What is free verse in poetry (complete definition)?
The Gift of LifePelican sighed with relief as she landed next to water
She had been thirsty for a time, but now she was saved
Water rose to the occasion, giving pelican the gift of life...
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Categories:
bird,
Form: Free verse
Without Within
"Without Within"
It just takes one over-zealous do-gooder
to set the dominos of destruction on a roll
and the war begins
without within
within without
heaven was trampled that day
the kangaroo court had its way
and all dreams were...
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Categories:
muse,
Form: Free verse
Time VanishesTime vanishes grandma said
Where does it go? Queried her grandson
Totally unsure, but it is gone quickly
Ticking away, tick, tick, tick
I tried to hold on to a minute once
But it could not be done.
So I thought...
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Categories:
time,
Form: Free verse
a face walkI had heard of a cake walk
I had heard of a board walk
But I had never heard of a face walk
Today I saw one
Creeping across the sand
Where is she going? Someone asked.
How do you know...
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Categories:
10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Beach Feels HonoredSwirly dress of turquoise waves flipped up water edges
Showing off ocean’s prettiest, frothiest, fanciest lacy petticoat
Appreciated by beach, who felt honored and appreciated
Loving that he was the lone recipient of such beauty this morning...
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Categories:
beach,
Form: Free verse
delicate demure dainty dandelionDelicate demure dainty dandelion
Showing out in subtle ways
Perfection in symmetry
Beautiful against the verdant grasses
I revere you, dandelion.
You will always be a flower to me....
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Categories:
flower,
Form: Free verse
how France treated meThe most romantic city in the world the passenger next to me said
Her girth had oozed into my seat too, for she was super corpulent
I will fall in love, marry a rich Frenchman, live a...
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Categories:
french,
Form: Free verse
Is her self confidence catchingCarnival and playmate in orange
Preening , twirling, whirling swirling,
Flashing, crashing, but never gnashing
Is she a clown or a comic?
Does she know all of her strengths?
Is her fabulous self-confidence catching?
I decide to stand closer, in case...
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Categories:
10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Why don't we discard the mask, let all the stage props fallWhy don't we discard the mask, let all the stage props fall?
The answer, whispered through shadows, is found in our sunlight-forgotten guise.
The true color has washed away in the rains of days, so that we...
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Categories:
fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Nothing
Shall there be a soothing rest within the arms of a shallow grove, from whence the aches of an early dawn arise in its presence, as a burning flame before the veiled eyes of a...
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Categories:
6th grade, longing, love,
Form: Free verse
There was a Great Silence
"There was a Great Silence"
There was a great silence in that place, a kind of peace,
you sensed them, the unseen removed, all around you,
yet, all the cacophony in the noise from that Other place
the unexpected...
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Categories:
muse,
Form: Free verse
RainTeardrops of the angel engulf the world
The immense of despair unfurls
The inevitability of sorrow consumes the universe
In the shadows anguish and agony lurks...
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Categories:
5th grade,
Form: Free verse
Regret MeYou will regret me I said waveringly
not realizing the seriousness of the words just spilt out over my tired lips
you will regret not treating me the way you treat other girls
for is my worth...
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Categories:
analogy, emotions, heartbroken, lost
Form: Free verse
In the mystic labyrinth of my soulIn the mystic labyrinth of my soul,
The exterior mirrors vanish into the heavy void,
Like veils of mist, enveloping metaphors,
Concealing the deep, magical, and mysterious secrets.
Mirrors shimmering like the moon on a clear night,
Reflecting both moonlight...
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Categories:
fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Dis-GraceDisgrace to me is nothing...
but I spurn true love of you.
I drive a wedge between our hearts
and foil your designs.
I cannot do this alone.
Alone, I would be a self-indulgent monster
doomed to a path of self-destruction
after...
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Categories:
god,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Free Verse Poems
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Definition | What is Free Verse in Poetry?