Free Verse Poem
This is a modern way of writing poetry.
A free verse poem can have any number of verses. But try to remember that ‘if,’ ‘and,’ or ‘but,’
do not need to be included.
So, here is my example of a free verse poem.
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Curry
Sliced and diced
swamped in
such
quenching goo
I sit. And wait
for the time –
will now do?
Hunger. Tummy rumbles. Lightening.
by Michelle Moloney King
This poem is written about my lunch, I have chicken sliced and waiting to be cooked. It is marinating in a oily
bed of garlic, rosemary, thyme, pepper and it smells so good. I wrote another one:
Summer
Collapsed under shade
and needing no more
I decide to head home
And I start to realise
that not even the shade of my favourite tree
will cool me down.
Here is the edited version –
Summer
Collapsed under shade
Needing no more. I head home.
Not even shade helps. My favourite tree
fails me.
And I now know
That nothing
can cool me.
By Michelle Moloney King