Freedom, in verse

It has been brought to my attention that my description of free verse is not terribly helpful. Free verse is not prose because it is arranged in a poetic format. It does not have to have a prescribed rhythm or rhyme scheme but if you want it to have one, it can. It's rather more fun, in my opinion, to play around with variations on meter, and I generally prefer not to rhyme. That's why it is one of my favorite types of poem, and generally the kind to which I gravitate. The difference between this and blank verse is that blank verse is written in iambic pentameter. I hope that helps! You can also look at Wikipedia's version of it here. 

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$8k tax credit

claimed by 1.4 million;

what a great idea.

Pint-sized T-rex found

in China, just nine feet tall;

scientists surprised.

Isn't it always

the case that murder suspects

are nice, quiet guys?