Free Verse vs. Rhyme

@syeryn (573)
United States
May 29, 2008 12:25pm CST
I love to write in free verse and only pen a poem that rhymes if I am writing a strict, traditional form of poetry, like a sonnet or a triolet. What form of poetry do you prefer to write, and do you prefer to read the same style you write or both?
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Porcospino
@Porcospino (31365)
• Denmark
28 Dec 08
Some of my poems are written in free verse and some of them are rhymed poems, so I write both kinds, but I think that rhymed poems is my favourite. I also read both kinds of poems. My favourite poet is a Dane called Michael Strunge and most of his poems are written in free verse. There is another poet that I really like, his name is Halfdan Rasmussen and his style of writing is completely different. He is famous for his rhymed poems, and I like them very much.
syeryn
@syeryn (573)
• United States
28 Dec 08
I enjoy rhyme poetry when it is written in form and the meter flows without flaw. My preferred form when writing or reading poetry is free verse though.
underdogtoo
@underdogtoo (9579)
• Philippines
30 May 08
I like to read a poem that is obviously well-written and not just some drivel conjured up with scarcely a thought behind it. It matters not to me if it is in free verse or if it rhymes or is a haiku as long as the words fall like drops of rain on a wet afternoon making music in my ears with its rhythmic patterns that peek into my consciousness to see if anything stirred there.