[Nick McRae]

Originally Posted by Carl Copeland

As is Mandelstam in his Russian—only one foray into free verse that I know of—but I get what you’re saying about not wanting to draw a distinction.

My thinking with singling out non-met is an interest in seeing what people are doing with that style of poetry.

This forum's definitely given me an appreciation for metrical, and I hope to write in it when life finally gives me a minute. But to date I'm mainly a non-met poet so that's where the brunt of my interest is.

[Chris O'Carroll]

I knew the songs on some of Cohen's albums before I ever acquired any of his books. So I've always tended to think of him as a rhyme and meter guy. But I took The Spice Box of Earth off the shelf today, and I find that you're right, the majority of poems in that collection are non-metrical. So thanks for the wake-up call.