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Good freeverse always creates its own form, in my opinion. The one thing I've noticed in all your poetry, Mosquitobyte, is that it has a fairly tight structure to it. I know that goes against the notion of "form" poetry - preordained structure - but just like a good argument, poetry that works usually (not always) seeks a type of structure that makes it effective - grammatical, rhetorical, audible, and imageristic. It builds to something and does so by imposing shape on language that does something to a reader. As for prose poetry, I tend to agree with Leanne, though notable poets (e.g. Baudelaire) have made strong efforts to write what they called prose poetry. It really brings one to the question of what poetry is. I know that in America many people think it is essentially confessional rhyming quatrains. Sigh. This comment has inspired:
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