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Unread 10-31-2017, 04:38 PM
Susan McLean Susan McLean is offline
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To argue about free verse versus form in poetry makes little sense to me. It won't get people who like writing in form to stop doing so, and it won't get free verse writers to change their practice or their opinions. To ask people who write in form to discuss their practices makes more sense, because there is a group of writers who like form and who will be interested in hearing what the most respected writers in the field (or at least some of them) have to say about the matter. I haven't read Baer's interviews, but I may do so in the future. Kurp's statement that some writers have more interesting comments than others is no surprise to me. The best argument for the utility of writing in form is to write a good poem in form. I would rather spend my time trying to do that than arguing about the advantages of form.

Susan
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