High-Water Mark (1st Revision)

[svanhoeven]

Real quick, just to let you know: Prose is the language of books, where grammar is correctly applied and rhythm is beaten in a dark alley. It does flow though, just more in a conversational way than a musical way.

Free verse is going to be broken up like yours is, and grammar isn't going to matter so much as the way it sounds (it still is important, grammar exists so things can make sense, but just look at Seuss with his made up words).

My confusion is coming from looking at critiques of other's poetry on other sites. I've seen professorial types criticize other's free verse for not having proper grammar and punctuation, not being composed of complete sentences, etc. That made me wonder if the only difference between free verse and prose was interesting line breaks.