How to Write Free Verse Poetry 101 | Writing Tips 

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I didn't know what to call it, but I think free verse is what I use to get my ideas out when I want to tell a story quickly instead of in narrative format. I just have the story in my head and then I write whatever sounds nice, and it comes out in stanzas.

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I never read poetry before. I don't read poetry now, but I discovered free verse, and I started writing my own. I never intentionally sit down and write. It just comes to me and i whip out my phone section and jot down 7-15 lines and there's a poem. It's really really cool. I notice in my every day life I play conversations in my head, of how i can been more effective, responded better, etc. But with free verse, I just spit out my ideas, and the beauty in them is the emotion and transformation or epiphany discovered by the end of it, rather than the words I choose myself. I never re-edit my free verse. I keep it a time capsule. And maybe I tread on the edge of dear diary, but I re-read them, and I feel that it holds up as something more than that. At least most of them do. I feel it comes natural to me and im glad its something I discovered and can explore more of. Thank you for this video!

Following one is my poem which I wrote three years ago. A Silent Song of Tree ......................................... All in the stormy night I soaked. I was rolled and drifted by water stream. Half I buried at soft stony river bank side. But all this happened like a dream. As days had passed,I woke up inside of the shell. One early morn in optimal sunlight fall. I tried to stand on my roots, As they found their routes. I unfolded tenderly green leafy fingers up. My first smile and dance by gentle touch of breeze. Oh..As I grew taller bees and colorful butterflies , Flew to reach my tops and became bosom mates. My joy bloomed in unseen colours of flowers. A life longing to tick like a royal clock in towers. I stood by flowing river of Time. And scattered seeds of life to mingle in nature's rhythm and rhyme. (By. Yakubpasha)

Thank you for sharing! I love your examples. From your description of what free verse is, me thinks that's a lot of what I'd been writing into my diary without realizing it.

Everything you've said is 100% spot on

thank you so much for this! i wanted to get into free verse poetry bc of so much that i’m feeling right now but i just didn’t know how? now i know there’s not really rules, just focus on flow! pointing out the whole 5 words in one but 8 words in another line was helpful in squashing a worry of mine haha

This exactly what I'm looking for!!! Thank you!

Thank you for posting this. Found this while looking more into free verse poetry as I always thought I was a cheat by using this form. That I should learn the rules before breaking them, but never having the patience to study. Having not taken any classes on the subject I would just write from the heart. But would often discount myself or let life's worries get in the way of letting it out on the page. Should I get back into writing poetry, I won't question the form I use or care if it is published or posted or even read at all. Poetry can merely be a release. That feeling one gets before writing is often times as you have described a warmth in the chest, but also it could come from the empty feeling, the lump in the throat or the burn of rage. Thank you, you've touched one more spirit!

Thanks for the insight 👍..I'm tryna get into poetry very helpful

Great video! I've been wanting to get more into poetry, and watching you talk about it, along with reading your poms really got me into the mood. Also, I liked your poems by the way. I think my favorite was the one that started with "Hold out your cigarette".

Great video! I just read a book entirely of free verse poetry and I was inspired to write my own but wasn't sure where to start so thank you!

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Definetly great advice. I find myself getting stuck when writing anything and it tends to be depressing, but I get stuck writing in strict ways and I lose interest. So I’m gonna try just getting inspiration from everything and just write. Thank you.

Thank you. I'm a late developer (in my middle years) and have recently learned Haiku poetry. Now I am looking for a freer, less structured way to express myself, and your video has really helped xx

Great video very insightful thank you for sharing !

Thank you -- lot of my doubts and thoughts cleared eloquently

Astonished, amaged when u revealed free verse poems . I use to get amaged how Gibran wrote with pinpoint accuracy. Perplexed me wat form of writing was that . I am thankful to you ❤️ for its an eyeopener. You cant imagine where we dwell in mountain , earths remotest place. Breakthrough by u tube made us literate . Thanks

Thank you for the very thorough and descriptive explanation of what free verse poetry is.

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This was honestly super helpful! I'm trying to write a poem about my life and who i used to be. This helped me stop over-thinking lol

Valuable information you are sharing here. Free verse can be difficult for some new poets. There are some free verse poems that are two pages long The visual aids are good to.

Thanks so much for this video!

Putting together a book. Now i know what it is Ive written. Well, I knew, but now I know I know.

Thank you!!!!❤

Thanks for this info! Got an assignment due in 2 days and this really helps lol 😂

If I self-publish a book should I write free verse on it so people know

BE POLITE I am amazed why some people are talking very loudly, With their women’s, their children’s and their dependence, Even though, we all know that sweet fruits and beautiful flowers Will grow with rain and sun not with thunder and fire! Akbarjoni Emomali Tajikistan

Super helpful

Thank you

This is really good. I feel too beginner to fully understand the details. So what is the difference between a free verse poem and a prose?

Formless, allowing the words to come Step aside

yesterday i found out that i have 15 poems due today and idek how to write one lol

So I guess I'm a verse poet I didn't know there was a difference interesting I learn something new And that would consist of my raps too right I'm guessing it's the same thing I don't know lolz but they're stanzas are different so is that free or is that verse they do rhyme

Interesting. Poetry is an itch!

Your "Foggy" poem I like.

i want to know it seens cool

Thanks can you release ur poetry

Hey, this is my shot of a free verse. Is this good? If so, could you tell me what you think of it, what your interpretation of this poem means😋 "UL" Eyes that give in Too much to the world Will someday fall Perceiving Doubt and cynicism Then come despair Clinging to the final light The eyes once exuberant Squinting onto the next steps The beauty It saw Unfortunately for it, Never meant to convey The happiness it seeked The story that began Due to someone's end Had finally progressed Onto the next page A smile for a step The unwitting hike began Against an invisible stream Never once looking back The journey had begun A new leaf had been turned Entering a sight of wonders A place that was left behind The eyes grew sharper Walls of iron sprouted This is, is this? The happiness that stayed...

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can i write free verse poetry in this way .plz anyone help to identify i woke up this morning and felt like my life is ruined. i cried a lot but now my mind is getting numb beacuse she left and i miss her

To much rhyming takes away from my story I think. Instead of saying what I really want to I find myself getting distracted by trying to find rhyming words instead, that's why I enjoy free verse much more.

what the difference between prose and free verse ?

Free verse has become so much abundant these days, that it is difficult to distinguish poets from regular novel writers and amateurs writing poetry, without metreical format, as well as slowly killing blank verse too. Well a book 'An ode less travelled by Stephen fry, and james fenton introduction to english poetry i would recommend to read.

I’m gonna b totally honest.. I didn’t follow much of what you said. It just belongs to me it’s like a second language

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So basically I can just write a few verses about something and call it a poem?

Ok

So anything is poetry? Did I just write a poem? Still I roam.

Thank you. The sound is far too quiet. Some great tips though.

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