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Usagi's picture

She wrote Questions to the Wind
who whispered Answers in her Hair
but by then she'd
stopped Listening.

bluedisch.'s picture

do I sense an obsession with

Submitted by bluedisch. on May 16, 2008 - 21:59.

do I sense an obsession with capitalization?
i like the capital "Questions" and "Answers", but I'm not sure about the "hair" and "Listening". try to use capital letters as sparingly as possible so that they really stand out, if you're not always going to use them. otherwise, they seem kind of...lost. perhaps?
i like the poem, though. it's true. god, why can't we all just listen sometimes?

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Thanks, Blue. I'm reading a

Submitted by Usagi on May 16, 2008 - 22:06.

Thanks, Blue. I'm reading a book of poetry by Jack Kerouac at the moment, and he loves capitalizing things. And using complicated spacing, and refusing to include the apostrophe in words like "don't" and "can't." Very good book, though now I feel kind of removed from reality.

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hahaha that sounds exciting.

Submitted by bluedisch. on May 16, 2008 - 22:10.

hahaha that sounds exciting. it kind of reminds me of e.e. cummings who refused to capitalize or punctuate anything when he didn't feel like it. kind of the complete opposite. I guess that puts us somewhere in the middle of the two extremes. maybe i'll go and try something different from my boring old same-ness. =D

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