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Excellent. I’m going to review my collection of poems with a different perspective.

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Thank you for such an insightful article. I really enjoyed reading this and, as a writer of both free verse and metered verse myself, totally relate to what you say about the benefits of utilising conventional norms and structures as well as carefully chosen suitable materials

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Betsy, I found surprising insight and comfort in this article. I am fascinated by your process. It has "fed" me in mine. What a blessing to learn from you.

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I can't memorize my long free verse poems like I can my long metered verse ones.

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