[Tim Murphy]

Cher Maitre, you were writing fully accomplished formal verse before most 'Spherians were born, yet in the sixties and seventies you turned, like many of your contemporaries, to free verse. How do you feel about that in retrospect, and why have you returned to strict formality in your own poetic practice?

[robert mezey]

A good question, and tough. I'll try to
answer it in the next few days.

[wendy v]

So far I haven't been able to get any of the Lariats to show us what their forays into free verse looked like. Am wondering if Mr. Mezey might give us a sample or two.

Or is this akin to asking someone to show their underwear in public ?

wendy

[robert mezey]

No, Wendy, I'll be glad to post an old poem or
two of mine in free verse---tomorrow. I still
like some of them, though my ear in free verse
was and is not as good as Dick Barnes'.