The only rule is you need to have your own rhythm to the piece. Sometimes that is fast, sometimes slow, sometimes jerky and quirky--but when you read it you feel the rhythm. This style of free verse first started appearing in the 19th Century. Ivan Turgenev did some in his short pieces.
Free verse prose.
Look into the writing of William Wantling. Kim Addonizio, Al Purdy & Charles Bukowski.
ahhh cool
first time I have experienced something like it.
what are the predominant rules to follow, I want to see if I can practice it.
The only rule is you need to have your own rhythm to the piece. Sometimes that is fast, sometimes slow, sometimes jerky and quirky--but when you read it you feel the rhythm. This style of free verse first started appearing in the 19th Century. Ivan Turgenev did some in his short pieces.
Hmm i kind of get it after reading your poem out loud.
Thanks I'll give it a go one time in the not too distant future
ALWAYS--read your work out loud. After all, poets do get invited to read their work.
Charles Bukowski - The Morning Line