Henry wrote:
>
> Josephine, I think it's "verse" because it's broken into lines
> ("versus" being the lines a plow makes, if I remember rightly).
>
> This breaking represents
> a certain framing of sound,
> an emphasis... not lost
> (not lost upon
> the listener, curious,
> alert).
Well it is very early in the morning and I am a bit slow
sometimes.
So are you saying that taking any text and breaking it into
lines is free verse?
>
> (Try
> D.H.L.
> and W.W.,
> and
> H.D.).
>
> (or
> P.
> C.)
>
> (or O.M.'s
> "Horseshoe-
> Finder")
Keh?
And uncle tom cobblies and all?
Josephine
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