Tuesday, November 18, 2008
The Prison Of Poetry Comments
Rating: ★5.0
Free verse, they call it. But is it really fully free?
As language looms large like a secret-police state
Dominating, dictating, dulling unfettered thought
In unsuspended sentences of stultifying strict syntax,
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Lilly Drake
18 November 2008
Fantastic, very well thought out, wish I could use this in the classroom. Keep writing.
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7/29/2025 10:52:36 PM # 1.0.0
Wow! So concise and well thought out! Free verse, not so fully free! You compacted the reasons to capacity, it engulfed my mind and heart in the confinement of it all! Knowing all the rules and stipulations, I do everything possible to go against the rules and cut the ties of past rhetoric, as you say in a way, choosing to mock the ancient system of coercion, breaking free to write freely! Totally love your style of writing, very enjoyable! Thank you for sharing. RoseAnn