vers libre

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Noun
  • The first assignment was to write a poem in blank verse.
    Elizabeth Lund, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Through a stylish mix of prose, blank verse and illustrations, Last on His Feet captures these tensions with unsparing poignancy.
    Brandon Tensley, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2023
Noun
  • The award-winning work, told through a mix of free verse and haiku, offers a poignant and nuanced look at a young person growing up Black in the nineteen-sixties and seventies, finding herself through the art of writing.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Here are some of Robert Frost’s insights into how poetry works its magic: Writing free verse is like playing tennis without a net.
    Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2024
Noun
  • Slathering your emotions across the page while crossing your fingers about the versification was what bad readers expected and what bad poets did.
    Christopher Tayler, Harper’s Magazine , 17 Aug. 2022
  • Auden’s career presents a sight unique in the annals of English literature: a vision of someone claiming as personal playground the entirety of English versification.
    Brad Leithauser, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022
Noun
  • Is Sister Paxton feeling a hollowness in the poetry of her faith here?
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
  • With spot-on comedic timing on both players’ parts, Hernandez’s boisterous interruptions paired well with Wickline’s soft-spoken poetry.
    Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 2 Nov. 2024
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