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The history of art reads here as one long, free verse poem-in-progress, gorgeous and absorbing.
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Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
And in the freest of free verse poems, recurring images and motifs operate like punchlines in stand-up comedy, echoing earlier jokes in a routine.
—Literary Hub, 7 Apr. 2026
Told in a first-person, free verse style, her struggle to overcome a family tragedy, an ecological catastrophe, and the Great Depression is harrowing yet hopeful.
—Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2026
Nevada: National Cowboy Poetry Gathering Since 1985, ranchers, bull riders, and wranglers with a penchant for rhyming couplets and free verse have clambered to Elko, Nevada, for the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering.
—Ellen Carpenter, AFAR Media, 15 Jan. 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
And in the freest of free verse poems, recurring images and motifs operate like punchlines in stand-up comedy, echoing earlier jokes in a routine.
—Literary Hub, 7 Apr. 2026
Told in a first-person, free verse style, her struggle to overcome a family tragedy, an ecological catastrophe, and the Great Depression is harrowing yet hopeful.
—Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2026
Nevada: National Cowboy Poetry Gathering Since 1985, ranchers, bull riders, and wranglers with a penchant for rhyming couplets and free verse have clambered to Elko, Nevada, for the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering.
—Ellen Carpenter, AFAR Media, 15 Jan. 2026
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“Free verse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/free%20verse. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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