free verse
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Renshi is a kind of Japanese collaborative poetry that is more open-ended free verse than older forms like “renku.”
From Seattle Times • Oct. 8, 2022
He wrote her postmodern poems — written in free verse, which she had never read before — and taught her how to write her own.
From Washington Post • Aug. 5, 2022
An astonishing statement, this, given that Pound is himself arguably the greatest free verse poet in the language!
From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2022
As for that free verse: Here Woods finds success.
From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2022
“Looks kind of like free verse, doesn’t it?”
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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