>>run words together<<
if you mean whenpuking and aseven, then those where not done purposely...I think it happened when I was pasting it to the forums
changed!
as for the "random words on random lines":
when writing poetry there is no random words...at least not for me, and that's what I strive for. Everything is done on purpose, and with some thought behind it. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't...it works when the reader reads
it as I have intended it to be read.
I hope the above makes some sense
here are a couple examples. Suppose that the first couple lines of the above poem were written "typically", it would look something like this:
do agnostics pray? no. why would they?
i lied.aren't agnostics just atheists in panties, anyways?
shrug. by the way, when have I become an
authority on agnostic practices? just because i claim to be one?
since the time i figured these things out for my self, i prayed...twice.
try reading that^ in comparison to the original. In the original I try to slow the reader down in certain spots, or put on a faster pace in others. Putting certain words on their own individual lines signifies some sort of importance. I try to
make the reader read the poem as I see it being read. Also, the technique of the original lets you use unconventional grammar and the use of thoughts and dialogue much more freely.
Another good example is in the poem "Ode to a Centipede", don't you think that writing
c
e
n
t
i
p
e
d
e
as opposed to simply writing
centipede
makes a big difference in the way you read and visualize the poem?
