[stylist] free verse poems Some info I found for you

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I found this information for you on the poetry and prose  question... I 
hope it helps.
The free verse question I am still working on... I have found over  my 
years of writing that the opinions on this vary greatly and each source will  
give you a slightly different definition or one that is totally  confusing.
Myrna
 
Prose vs. Poetry Definition  
Poetry noun  
    1.  the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting  
pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts.  
    2.  literary work in metrical form; verse. 
Poetry is language spoken or written according to some pattern of  
recurrence that emphasises relationships between words on the basis of sound as  
well as meaning. This pattern is almost always a rhythm or metre (regular  
pattern of sound units). This pattern may be supplemented by ornamentation such  
as rhyme or alliteration or both.  

Prose  
noun  
    1.  the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical  
structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.  
    2.  matter-of-fact, commonplace, or dull expression, quality, 
discourse, etc.  
Prose is the form of written language that is not organised according  to 
formal patterns of verse. It may have some sort of rhythm and some devices of 
 repetition and balance, but these are not governed by regularly sustained 
formal  arrangement. The significant unit is the sentence, not the line. 
Hence it is  represented without line breaks in writing.  
Prose Poetry
_Prose poetry_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prose_poetry)   is poetry 
written in prose instead of using verse but preserving poetic  qualities such as 
heightened imagery and emotional effects. It can be considered  primarily 
poetry or prose, or a separate genre altogether. While prose poetry in  the 
West originated in the 19th century, it has gain more popularity since the  
1980s.