What is "free verse" poetry?

This is a kind of poetry that does not conform to any regular meter, as the length of its lines is irregular and its use of rhyme is rare.  It uses more flexible cadences or rhythmic groupings rather than regular metrical pattern and is sometimes supported by anaphora and other devices of repetition. Now the most widely practised verse form in English,  Free verse should not be confused with blank verse, which does observe a regular metre in its unrhymed lines.

Experimental Post-Modern Poetry

Post-Modern Art and Its Influence on Literature Post-modern art (Abstract Expressionism, Pop, and Minimalism, etc) heavily influenced literature in all of its forms.  It is a movement gradually away from "form" and a focus purely on "content" so that what we once considered "traditional" art (paint on canvas) was allowed a greater range of expression and freedom. In this spirit, I have begun in late March of 2007 to experiment, too, with post-modern literary art such as poetry and have dubbed my creations "alphaforms," insinuating that the form of my poetry is purely alpha-numeric, non-rhyming and coldly detatched from tradition, while the content remains unchanged.  Like post-modern art, I have changed (though not quite removed) the "form" in ways that I find representative of today's post-industrialized info-centric culture.   By merging elements of post-modern art and literature with a deconstructive emphasis, I am attempting to move the art of poetry to a new textual level where form and content are more illustrative of one another.  It is an experiment I relish and have thrown myself into whole-heartedly.  By hiding both textual references and, therefore, some sense of meaning within the text of each poem, I strive for a means of providing thoughtful elucidation and rhetorical introspection for my reader.   I hope you enjoy what I have thus far created.