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Jefferson Carter Male, 68, United States (8/9/2012 2:37:00 PM)

" Anne" and Deborah, I only say " shut up" when dealing with the lowest form of mental defective. Both of you fit this " definition" (yes, look it up) to a T. So shut up, go take a basic literature class, get some kind of education about poetry; right now, you're just making fools of yourselves.

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  • Anne Elliot (8/9/2012 10:57:00 PM) Post reply | Read 1 reply

    you talk about me getting a basic education in poetry yet you dont even know free verse is not poetry or know the definition of poetry

    read definition of poetry as distinct from prose
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosody_%28poetry%29
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    ”In poetry, metre (meter in American English) is the basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse “
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verse_%28poetry%29

    “The word " verse" is commonly used in lieu of " poetry" to distinguish it from prose. Where the common unit of poetry, that is, verse, is based on meter or rhyme

    A verse is formally a single metrical line in a poetic composition

    conclusion
    free verse is not poetry

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    • Angie Gunnell (8/11/2012 9:25:00 AM) Post reply

      you need to stop calling yourself a leading " poet" then...because your book about yawning, by your definition, was not poetry. by anyone else's definition it was just really, really, bad a ... more

  • Lamont Palmer (8/9/2012 8:42:00 PM) Post reply | Read 1 reply

    JC, forget the idiots for a moment. Have a heart. You're not going to say a word about Herbert?-LP

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  • Deborah Cromer (8/9/2012 5:08:00 PM) Post reply | Read 1 reply

    Thank you and I will. Please, do not though for WHATEVER reason..do not fit me into the same slot as anybody. (Please?) Do it, and you will be right up there " making" a fool outta you too. Mine is not to judge, but it don't say nowhere about forming my own thoughts.(My english sucks) Sorry. " Mental Defective" , sounds like issues to me, but I will look it up. Just for kicks and I have no problem checking something out. Debbie

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    • Jefferson Carter (8/11/2012 10:32:00 AM) Post reply

      Huh? I thought you were praising " Anne" for her brave stance on poetry-definitions. If you were, I will pigeon-hole you with the high-grade mental defectives that have polluted this site f ... more

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