For some reason this week I seem to keep writing poems with verses of either three or six lines (except for the bridge poem which took its form from its subject). I’ve been trying to figure out how I get my verse lengths. The modernist poet, Marianne Moore, played around with uneven, inconsistent verse lengths, probably for some terribly modernist break-the-boundaries reason. I just find they give me the structure I need to get from the beginning to the end. Looking back just on what I wrote last week, I suspect the answer is that I take the length of the first verse, in which I have my starting idea that has its own length, and then I apply that length to all my other ideas. Not sure how much sense that makes, but it seems to be working for me, so…?
buildingapoem 
It’s working 🙂 Have enjoyed reading your poems.
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Well, thank you, ma’am!
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there is this inner “thing” inside me…it pokes me until it doesn’t
that is how i figure out my line length/verse length
unless i am writing a procrustean poem, in which case i make it fit with a minimal amount of bloodshed lol
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If the verses work, the method makes sense.
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Not being a poet, my eyes started to cross as I read through that 😀 … but, it’s working! I enjoy reading your work, and get something out of it, perhaps not what you intended, but that’s art for you! 😀
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OK, fair enough. What do you get from specific poems? You tell me what you got and I will tell you what I had hoped!
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