Free Verse Poetry

Mrs. Vaughan

Read the poem – what do you notice?

Winter Poem

once a snowflake fellon my brow and i lovedit so much and i kissed

it and it was happy and called its cousins

and brothers and a webof snow engulfed me theni reached to love them all

and i squeezed them and they became

a spring rain and i stood perfectly

still and was a flower

Nikki Giovanni

Free Verse Doesn't rhyme No meter Use of metaphors, similes,

personification Image driven Concrete, not abstract Heightened attention to sound Might include alliteration or

assonance or other sound elements

Free Verse

• Free verse poetry is a poem that is written without a regular rhyme scheme, meter or form. •Poets use free verse poetry, because they want to use the natural rhythm of ordinary language to emphasize the simple beauty of everyday speech.

Journal Writing:

Look in the mirror. What do you see? Look longer and deeper. What do you see now?

Writing Free Verse Poetry

Finding a topic

Anything and everything can be the topic of a  free verse lyrical  poem. 

The poem can tell a story, describe a person, animal, feeling or object. 

They can serious, sad, funny or  educational. 

Whatever subject that appeals to the poet can end up in free verse.