Punctuation Or Not

[bena]

This is one of my favorite ee cummings works: Old age sticks


old age sticks
up Keep
Off
signs)&

youth yanks them
down(old
age
cries No

Tres)&(pas)
youth laughs
(sing
old age

scolds Forbid
den Stop
Must
n't Don't

&)youth goes
right on
gr
owing old





There are so many deep meanings to the punctuation and line breaks he's chosen. I say embrace strange punctuation in poetry-----as long as it makes sense to use it.

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"Well, there's your problem right there. English, while an excellent
language in many other respects, is a rather poor native one.
My advise would be to change your native language to one
that's more appropriate for natives. Continuing down your current
path will only garner you more bemuddlement and forplexity."

That's some funny stuff right there.Thank you

On the topic of puncutation. I take the idea that their sacred
Imean its pretty obvious we make those rules for a reason
and you're attempts to cheepen them made me sicker;

Spell check people! It's so easy!