Poetry Day: Telling With No Scheme

Posted on January 15, 2026 by Charles Yallowitz

Greatest invention for an author. Sure, pictures can tell a story, but words are what I work with.

(Anyone ever try to go so far off the norms that they get stuck?)

I wish to tell a story
For all the world to hear
Using neither prose
Or poem form
I do not want a dialog
Or meters with strict rhyme
I do not want dactyls
Or descriptions that carry on

 

I wish to tell a story
But I do not want a scheme
I want to write it freely
Using my own way
Depending on a rhythm
That beats within my head
Flowing like a river
That has rapids now and then

 

I wish to tell a story
Yet I fear my path is false
Because I dodge the standards
That we have all been taught
I risk the wrath of peers
Who hold the rules so high
t makes me wonder slightly
Should I carry on?

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About Charles Yallowitz

Charles E. Yallowitz was born, raised, and educated in New York. Then he spent a few years in Florida, realized his fear of alligators, and moved back to the Empire State. When he isn't working hard on his epic fantasy stories, Charles can be found cooking or going on whatever adventure his son has planned for the day. 'Legends of Windemere' is his first series, but it certainly won't be his last.
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5 Responses to Poetry Day: Telling With No Scheme

  1. L. Marie's avatar L. Marie says:
    January 15, 2026 at 10:31 am

    Telling a story in a new way is creative. Every story/art form had to start somewhere. Some people were appalled at Picasso’s style when he was alive. Now some of his paintings are worth over $100 million each.

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  2. noelleg44's avatar noelleg44 says:
    January 15, 2026 at 10:54 am

    Yes, do carry on?

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