I could take the highway.I take the long way past the school,past the house we almost bought,past the diner that closed in March.
I tell myself it's for the scenery.It is not for the scenery.I am just not readyto already be there.
The poet asked for: Is the ending too neat, or is neat allowed if the poem earns it?
About free versePoetry without a set rhyme scheme or regular meter, shaped by the poet.
Free verse has no fixed rhyme scheme or regular meter, so there is no rule to check it against. That does not mean it lacks craft. The poet chooses where lines break, how long they run, and what repeats, and those choices shape it.
Listen for Where each line ends, and how that break changes the way you hear it.
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Writes short, writes often. Will tell you if a line is doing nothing.
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