Free Verse Poetry

[Agent Awesome]

Last year, we were studying about poems for a project and I got bored during Ms. Fuerte's lecture so I started making free verse poems in my notebook (or is it narrative? I'm not too sure about the difference here). In total I have four, but I only wanna show one of them. If some of you want, I can show one more...

I thought of making a thread like this because...who knows? One of us could be a natural poet here.

I'm not really one for rhyming words so I made free verse poems that don't need to rhyme or have a beat or anything. Anyways, here's that poem (if you don't like it, it's fine. I didn't like it the first time either)

My Rainy Days

When I look out the window, it always rains
Not a spot of sunshine, just darkness
I listen to the pitter-patter of it
Looking at the drops of rain that landed on the window
I observe the puddles being formed outside, and even more rain pours there
The next day, it rains again
But for some reason, I see sunshine in the other window
My rainy days never stop
There's never been a time I experienced true warmth
Only the cold winds that blow in
I've been ignored for so long that I've grown cold as well
My actions are colder than the raging winds
My words speak louder than the thunders
My fury rages more than the lightning
And my tears drop heavier than the rain

Let me know what you guys think of it...

[tessadragon]

It transitions from the physical to the emotional quite well, I like it. It's quite insightful as to a few of the details of the rain and its surroundings too.

[Solora Goldsun]

!!!!!!!! ^o^

Sorry. I'm just super excited that we have a fellow poet on this site! That's a very beautiful piece, Awesome! Like Tessa said, it has a very natural transition from the physical realm to the emotional realm. I'd like to see more! Here's one of mine that I wrote for the school newspaper.

Drawn Away

The music calls me, light and sweet,
Drifting on the evening wind.
Voices whisper, “Come, child. Come.”
I cannot turn away, cannot hide.
My bare feet run across the grass.
My loose hair billows behind me.
Brambles cut my fragile skin,
But I do not care. I am being
Drawn away. I can hear the soft
Cries of lonely spirits beckoning
Me further and further from
These mortal bonds. They offer such
Wonders in exchange for my
Simple presence. Days of endless
Dancing. Flutes and fiddles whose
Songs are as free and spirited as
A storm. Plump, red berries
Which send scarlet waves of
Pleasure across my tongue.
Warm arms whose embrace is
Like the rays of a setting sun,
Bearing the heat of the day
And the cool of the night.
I can hear the singing now!
It is dancing through the sky
Like a shooting star, bright
And beautiful, showing me
The way. I have discarded
The restraining cloth that
Was stifling me. Choking me.
I am being clad in spiders' silk,
Pearly white and soft. My blind
Eyes are filled with true sight.
I see them now! They dance in
Their circles of heather, oak,
And thyme. I am going to join
Them now, my limbs turning
Light and effortless. Like water
Through a sieve, my human
Thoughts are draining away.
I am one of them now, singing
To the streams and dancing in
The wind. I have been drawn
Away. I shall never return.

[Agent Awesome]

That's so beautiful Solora! Being part of nature is a wonderful thing. And you described it so well! 2 thumbs up, my friend!!

[Solora Goldsun]

Thank you, Awesome! ^_^ I'm glad you saw what I was going for. My parents thought it was a poem about suicide... -_- In actuality, I was inspired by legends of faeries calling children away from the mortal world and into their world. Sometimes, I wish they'd call me. How perfect would it be to live that kind of life for the rest of eternity? Anywho, I'll post more if ya'll wanna see them. I have a bunch. ^_^

[Purple-Cat-Princess]

I'll have to track down some of my old poems, its been a while since I've done any.

[cptcrazy]

Okay here is mine. Not a poem I wrote down but only thing I can think of now.

Plumbers Play.

I go and look
but no ones on.
I look through threads
and polls too
but no one is ever on.

Okay sorry for that but it is true and slightly annoying. Okay really poem time

Blame

I look around and see the light
its sunny out but i feel no warmth
it starts to pour a thunders rain
the blame is passed my way
i dont see how i dont see why
but the blame is always mine
I look around and see the happy people
a little kid close to me starts to cry
I get the blame for it though I did not touch him
I get yelled at and picked on
but i deserve it
...right?
They say its my fault so it must be
...right?
I'll take the blame
I'll pay for the crime
They say I should so I will
They say I am negitive when I point it out
So I sit and wait and take the blame
because I know their time is coming soon.

[tessadragon]

Oh wow, Solora and Cptcrazy....those were lovely!!

[Solora Goldsun]

Wow, cpt...that's just heartwrenching... Is it based off of personal experience, if you don't mind my asking? That's a really nice piece!

[Purple-Cat-Princess]

Sometimes, in the dead of night
I find myself lost, breathless
There are no stars, and no light
I find a place where darkness thrives
It is black cold and familiar
It reeks of misery to me
So why, do I find it so
Beautiful and grand to me.
I see streams of thought and grace and
Nothingness. There is no harsh light.
There is nothing to compare to.
Here, there is no reason to
Compare who is less and who more
No need, to want the sunshine
For there never has been any here
No need for freedom, there never
Was any to begin with out here
No need for things like happiness
There never will be any in here
This place will be my home for now
Even when I find my way out
At dawn, I will bring it along.
And this place will always be
Somewhere, trapped inside of me

This is one that took me about fifteen minutes, probably twenty, but I was distracted while writing it.

[cptcrazy]

@ Solora... Yea, I am always the one who gets the blame if somthing goes wrong or doesn't work. Like I could be sitting on the couch across the room from my lil sis and brother but then one of them gets hurt cause they were messing around and my mom would yell and ask what I did! And it's like nothing I am on the lap top!

@cat...WOW...WOW

[Solora Goldsun]

Cat...I think I have met my match...wow...that was...probably one of the best free verses I've ever read. And I read a lot of poetry, mind you! That just blew me away! If that's what you can accomplish in fifteen minutes...then...wow...

[Little]

.....I gonna post.


The water cascading down the mountain is yearning for the sea
The love that I see in those cerulean eyes is only meant for me
As the fish need the water and the plants crave the light
My arms ache and tremble till I can hold you tight.
Just as the mighty pine tree reaches its limbs towards the sky
Just in that way, I’ll reach for you till the day that I die.

and another...

Within the fiery depths of hell,
Within the lake of lava
Your soul will scream and burn
For all the things you did on Earth
For all your sins forgotten
Your soul will scream and burn
For the lives you’ve taken
The blood on your hands
Your soul will scream and burn
For lovers forsaken
and innocence stolen
Your soul will scream and burn
For the children you’ve hand
In the monstrous way
Your soul will scream and burn

[Solora Goldsun]

Those are pretty good, Little. I liked the second one best. The repeating line certainly adds to what you're trying to say.

Here's the last one I submitted to the paper this year:

Call to the fire within your soul
Tread on wind and zephyr gusts
Hold the clouds in the palm of your hand
Lap the rainwater as it falls
Hear the songs of legends past
Feel the pull of Draco's wing
The secrets of long forgotten freedom
Dance to the storm's merciless rhythm
Capture the light of the North Star
Cry out your deepest passions to the full moon
Dig your claws into the desert sands
Dive into the navy abyss
Dart in the shadows beneath human eyes
Run through fields of thorn and bracken
Feel your life's blood burn through your veins
Let your heart pulse with relentless electricity
Sending shockwaves across your skin
Command the elements that lie in wait
For a worthy voice to guide their actions
Fall in love with the forest and mountains
Shun the shackles that clank on hard stone
Roar out your defiance against their metallic call
Choose a life of flight through the nebula
Open your sapphire and emerald eyes
To a world of dancing auras and whispers
Close your eyes once more and give yourself up
Become one with the mystery
Make yourself a part of the vast unknown
Turn into that which dreams are made of

[cptcrazy]

Okay time for another... sorry if my tend to be darker it is just how I am.

The knife thin line between light and dark
it is the line I take
I look on my left to a blinding light
a harder line to follow
on my right I see the whole and yielding darkness
the line soiled easy to follow till the disappearing end
I look at where I stand
the knife thin line I choose to walk
wavering small steps to either side
half on the light the harder twisting line
half on the dark the easy straight line
one day the line I walk will split
I'll take the line that I see fit
but for now I look on my left and on my right
and walk down the middle
this line with turns and curves
this line that is easy to follow
I walk this knife thin line
till one day I go to the left or the right

okay that took about ten-ish minutes, my younger siblings are humming and yelling at a video game (Halo reach) * rolls eyes * Okay another one than I am done for now.

I feel the anger reaching out
it holds my hand
it holds me tight
It lashes out at those I love
the joy sits back and watches knowing that it can't help
It sits and waits till anger leaves
Joy comes to me when I read
It sits by me and reads with me
It gives me a hug and bids good bye
so tired can come and rock me close
He holds me and waits till my eyes close
before he leaves
Joy and Fear come in
they start a silent battle
they fight to see who will stay with me
and as this silent battle rages
nothingness lays beside me
protecting me from their war
Fear wins out as he does so much and takes Nothingnesses place
I awake in a cold sweat
Joy their to comfort me
She take me and lays me to bed
for in the morning she knows
that anger will come back
a shield to help protect my inner thoughts
As she knows he comes back quick and she steps back
she lets the shields go up
the silent battle that she fights for
the light the dark is hidden once more
She fights the dark that clouds the mind
Fear returns her mighty foe
they start to fight to win
the dark the light
the never ending war hidden by a master shield
the shield of anger always ready to go up