Tag: Ferlinghetti
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Spaces and Shapes in Poetry
One more note on modern poetry: poetic space and shape. By that I mean the way lines are positioned on the page; are you writing in verse format? Imitating the structure of Villanelles? Ballads? Odes? Sonnets? Long free verse? Or are you creating lines that when assembled create shapes that leave subliminal messages counterpoint to…