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I agree with Mr Wilbur that "unlineated free verse" is a frightening "notion" rather like the notion of an irresistible force meeting an immovable object would be,
or of the Pope not being a Catholic, but it is not an actual possibility. If it is unlineated, it is not verse and "there's an end on't," as Dr Johnston would surely have said.
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You lucky ignorants! In Norway, they publish that stuff, shamelessly call it "prose poetry", and write rave reviews about how the borderline between prose and poetry is being challenged. I kid you not, good folks.
(That being said, other published "poetry" gets rave reviews because it "challenges our beliefs that poetry ought to be well-written text", etc.)
And then some wonder why books titled "poetry" doesn't sell anymore.
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Svein Olav (The poet formerly known as
Solan )