Rose,
I usually do my original drafts in a notebook.
I will often compose a run of text that exceeds one line, and will break it arbitrarily. Then, when I word-process it, I will experiment with different line breaks, stopping on the one that provides the best emphasis.
I have noticed a tendency among well-regarded free-verse writers to end a line on an isolated couple of words which begin a new sentence, or on an adjective which demands a noun in the next line -- this to generate a "pull" into the next line.
Mary Oliver is brilliant.
Fred
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