(08-01-2013, 03:25 AM)Wildcard Wrote: I am still figuring things out, but along the way I have developed a taste for the ambiguity of poetry done in all lowercase with no punctuation at all. To me, it allows the reader to imagine their own rests and pauses of course lead along by the wording.haiku is often free of written punctuation.
However, I also think that is only for certain forms and in certain cases. I wouldn't want to attempt a Sonnet in this manner ofc-- but some free verse, haiku/senryu to me is better without the pretentious-looking attention to hard rules of grammar.
Do you think poetry should always adhere to the rules of punctuation and capitalization? Or do you feel it should be taken on a per-poem basis?
if a poem works without punctuation then i say fine, if it doesn't then it should have had it. personally i think a single or no caps are fine in a poem. i think when every line is capped without following a period, it takes away from the poetry, mainly because the eye automatically tells the brain the period isn't there. no poetry should be poetry.
(08-01-2013, 03:56 AM)newsclippings Wrote: No. I love writing poetry without adhering to grammar and capitalization rules. Because most of what I'm saying is fragmented anyway. But it doesn't do well on this site, so I feel inclined to add punctuation.for grammerless poetry to work it does have to be as news said, really good poetry. i'd also add that it should be totally void of punctuation bar apostrophes, or full of it (except where a line break does the job)
Because the poem has to be really good for it to be absent.
a line break, a line space, a double line space etc, can all be used instead of punctuation.
it's a choice whether we use it or not and choice weather we like it in poetry, it's why some always mention when every line is capped. my question is why do you do it that way, i feel like i missed something as to how poetry should be written, but agree it's just my view and not a rule