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Alternating between six and seven line stanzas.
Three line stanzas.
Couplets.
Line breaks that make the poem look like a belt going down the page.
So what are your tendencies, stanza-wise? I'm afraid I am going to have no choice but to actually think about this from now on. Boo!
P.S. Here's a wee peek at the photo that will be on the cover.
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This is an amazing photograph. Thanks for posting it.
Goes well with the title. I love when the cover of a book supports, but renegotiates some of the connotations of, the title.
I don't think I've ever written a seven line stanza.
Twos, ones, and threes, I think are my favorite.
"miota" is my verification word for this. Nice.
The one line stanza seems so existential.
I'm really a fan of couplets. I blame Marie Howe's _What the Living Do_...
I'll see you in Atlanta, absolutely.
Song of Sevens.
very nice indeed.
btw, my verification word i motqumis, which is Latin for...?
oups. Typo.
i = is
I wasn't intending shoegazer-y lower case I thing.
sry
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