Maryann,
I wonder if the solution to the problem Susan raises isn't a kind of variable foot? Two poems have been exampled, Daddy and Alicia's. But at first glance, neither one is truly unmetered. Instead, the meter is varied, using a kind of loose accentuals. Take this:
But they pulled / me out / of the sack,
And they stuck/ me together / with glue.
And then / I knew / what to do.
I made / a model / of you,
or this:
Just when / I understood / I was / no longer / among
Those ephemeral / immortals, / the gauche / and pitiable / young,
I'm not sure either one qualifies as vers libre at all. The meter may be irregular and extremely variable, but it still helps move the poem forward.
Just a thought...
Thanks,
Bill
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