Short Poem Derived From a Haiku Attempt

[ajcohen613]

In regards to the hyphen or dash, if you mean for it to be parenthetical without using parenthesize the part should be enclosed by em dashes, such as:

"What he doesn’t tell her
—what she might prefer to keep from herself—
is scribbled on a bar receipt in his back pocket..."


dale the post parenthetical

Good to know. Admittedly, grammar usually takes a back seat when I'm writing poetry.