A Free Verse Review

I love writing free verse because it
Is so easy.
You don’t have to rhyme or
Trouble about metre.
It is just prose sawn up into
Unequal lengths. A lot of
People who write it are very
Proud of their efforts; but I am
Not. However, let
Us see what we can do
With a little review.
(That’s all wrong, because it rhymes; but that’s a habit not easily
overcome, and we make up for it by being a little more erratic
than usual concerning the length of the Lines.)
Now, let us see what is doing in the world. It is said that Federal
Expenditure
Is a great deal over the odds, and a number of people are shouting
loudly for
Economy, which they may get — perhaps —
Perhaps not. De Valera has gone to
Cork,
Probably with the idea of keeping
Afloat;
But even Cork is unlikely to save him from sinking. The French
President has been shot at and
Missed; and a Pentridge prisoner has done a dash successfully; and
Girls with low necks weer given the bird by a
Cardinal in Rome, who
Gave it to them in the neck because
The necks were low; and
Aeroplanes are off the Scottish coast looking for
Herrings, which seems to be rather a fishy thing for
Aeroplanes to do. However, Germany
Paid up on Saturday, after trying

To drag a lot of herrings across
The trail, which possibly accounts for the aeroplanes’
Search. A Melbourne pawnbroker lost £3000; and the Federal
Treasurer is busy preparing his
Budget; and some of the shearers are
Shearing, while some are
Not.
I’m a little bit tired of this free verse
Because the further you go the worse
You fare.
So there!
It’s just mere prose chopped up in bits,
And none of it rhymes and none of it fits.
It’s bosh,
By gosh!
But since it’s written, well, let it go,
For the writing of rhyme is rather slow.
But, nevertheless,
I must confess
I love writing free
Verse, because it
Is so
Easy.