Me too, Steph. Beauty-ful.
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Susan W. - Nov 14, 2002 8:32:28 pm PST #274 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Steph L. - Nov 14, 2002 8:36:16 pm PST #275 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Thanks! Poetry is very new for me. And since my prose is so rambly and verbose, my terse verse (heh) doesn't quite sound right. I have to get used to what my poetry sounds like.
Connie Neil - Nov 14, 2002 9:05:30 pm PST #276 of 10001
brillig
Teppy, that was cool. Loved that last line. "Don't expect small talk." Hee.
Am-Chau Yarkona - Nov 15, 2002 2:07:44 am PST #277 of 10001
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
Nice poem, Steph. I find it interesting that you chose to use Biblical references.
And now for my question: I wrote a poem last night, and I'm not sure about it at all. I don't know if it makes any sense, and I'm really not sure about how it should be layed out if it does. So far I have three main options that I can see.
1) keep it all in small letters, no caps or punctuation at all, and let people figure it out on thier own (the first way, the way I saw it while I was writing the first draft).
acidaura
cutstoic
andichar
unumbero
sarcasms
tighttit
inmeandi
coldstic
2) Normal poetry, with capitals the beginning of every line and punctuation in, including spaces:
Acid aura
Cutstoic
And I char,
U number, O,
Sarcasm's
Tight tit
In me and I
Coldstic.
3)To bring out the 'hidden' meaning, with capitals:
AcidaurA
CutstoiC
AndIchaR
UnumberO
Sarcasm'S
Tight tiT
InmeandI
ColdstiC
Which one do you think works best? Do any of them work? Would a mixture of types be better?
Theodosia - Nov 15, 2002 8:29:59 am PST #278 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Could you put it in three columns across? Or would that be too obvious?
Am-Chau Yarkona - Nov 15, 2002 11:03:10 am PST #279 of 10001
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
Like this, you mean?
A cidaur A
C utstoi C
A ndIcha R
U number O
S arcasm' S
T ight ti T
I nmeand I
C oldsti C
Theodosia - Nov 15, 2002 12:57:13 pm PST #280 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
No, sorry I wasn't clear. I was thinking all three variations in three separate columns, so the reader could revel in the cleverness of it. :-)
Am-Chau Yarkona - Nov 15, 2002 1:02:59 pm PST #281 of 10001
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
acidaura____Acid aura______AcidaurA
cutstoic____Cutstoic_______CutstoiC
andichar____And I char,____AndIchaR
unumbero___U number, O,___UnumberO
sarcasms___Sarcasm's______Sarcasm'S
tighttit_____Tight tit_______Tight tiT
inmeandi____In me and I____InmeandI
coldstic_____Coldstic.______ColdstiC
Thusly, more or less, allowing that some people can actually use HTML?
Three+ edits for formatting.
Theodosia - Nov 15, 2002 1:15:00 pm PST #282 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Hmmm... I'm not sure that works any better now that I see it. Sorry, this is pretty far from my usual areas of knowledge. (Ask me about hyena sexuality or how to make cider! I rock at stuff like that!)
Connie Neil - Nov 15, 2002 1:16:31 pm PST #283 of 10001
brillig
I come from a strange world where poetry is as much meant to be heard as read. I'm always impressed as hell by clever multi-level things, but my brain is saying "Cool sounds."