They do not follow a proper rhyme scheme; these poems do not have any set rules.
This type of poem is based on normal pauses and natural rhythmic phrases as compared to the artificial constraints of normal poetry.
It is also called vers libre, which is a French word meaning “free verse.”
Compare these little gems of Richard Brautigan with the self-indulgent, moronic drivel above.
"There was a man sitting next to me. He was WHITEWHITEWHITE: Fat, about fifty years old, balding sort of and his face was completely minus any human sensitivity. His baggy, no-style clothes covered him like the banner of a defeated country and he looked as if the only mail he had ever gotten in his life were bills."
— Richard Brautigan
“It’s very hard to live in a studio apartment with a man who’s learning to play the violin.”
That’s what she told the police when she handed them the empty revolver."
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A Mao Apologist.
I Never Imagined.
Asking You About Mao
Is Like Asking A Rapist
What There Favorite Color is.
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Free verse poems have no regular meter or rhythm.
They do not follow a proper rhyme scheme; these poems do not have any set rules.
This type of poem is based on normal pauses and natural rhythmic phrases as compared to the artificial constraints of normal poetry.
It is also called vers libre, which is a French word meaning “free verse.”
Compare these little gems of Richard Brautigan with the self-indulgent, moronic drivel above.
"There was a man sitting next to me. He was WHITEWHITEWHITE: Fat, about fifty years old, balding sort of and his face was completely minus any human sensitivity. His baggy, no-style clothes covered him like the banner of a defeated country and he looked as if the only mail he had ever gotten in his life were bills."
— Richard Brautigan
“It’s very hard to live in a studio apartment with a man who’s learning to play the violin.”
That’s what she told the police when she handed them the empty revolver."
—Richard Brautigan
Love Poem
"—It's so nice
to wake up in the morning
all alone
and not have to tell somebody
you love them
when you don't love them
anymore."
Richard Brautigan