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Truth Bleeding Free

Complex messages need a simple structure Otherwise, a reader is lost The shorter the word, the greater the meaning Its judgment by value, never by cost ‘The straighter the blade, the sharper the edge ‘The sharper the edge, the deeper the cut ‘The deeper the cut, the more fatal the wound ‘Victory certain —the truth bleeding free’ (Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2019)

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Kurt Ravidas

Date: 4/12/2019 12:36:00 PM

Agreed with this god damn Frost) However, this is a free verse, isn't it?

Kurt Ravidas

Date: 4/12/2019 11:32:00 AM

Well said. But to my point of view, there is an alternative: to write for oneself. Speaking your way, the more onself, the more interesting for a good reader. Do you need bad readers who look for their own world views only in your narrative? I don't. By the way, why rhyme? I'd call it a free verse.

Kurt Philip Behm
Date: 4/12/2019 11:44:00 AM

Like Robert Frost said... "Free Verse is like playing tennis without a net"