To Each Their Own
\nby cricketjeff on August 6, 2011.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved
\nNot every thought I have arrives in rhyme,
\nNor every dream in perfect metered verse.
\nBut given just a modicum of time,
\nI’ll find the words I need are in my purse.<\/p>\n
I like to try to write without these props,
\nTo prove it’s not the music people read,
\nBut usually it seems my free verse flops,
\nWhere metered rhyme is likely to succeed.<\/p>\n
I’d never say my choice applies to you,
\nFree verse can be sublime in certain hands,
\nPlease do not hear the fools who “always knew”
\nBut find a friend who clearly understands.<\/p>\n
You shouldn’t try to be another’s clone —
\nIn poetry and life, to each their own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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