What does "the look of it" have to do with it? How did you get "the
look of it"? out of what I said?  Presentation in words, grammar,
syntax, language!
-Marcus

Assume my rich uncle leaves me a fortune by any standard (a cliché that) and 
I can built any mansion I wish.  I find a designer to build the house I've 
always wanted - part tree house with a bit of FLW in it, waterfalls and 
gardens all round, the master bedroom with a round bed with built in fridge, 
coffee maker, bookcases, toaster.  A puter screen and controls that lower 
from the ceiling and indoor plumbing.

Which is more important - the design, my dream - or the copper, iron, wood, 
stone and wool it takes to build the complex?

The real answer is neither is more important than the other.  They work 
together to give me what I want (and can now afford).

So with poetry.  The raw material is words, grammar, sometimes rhyme and 
meter.  The design is the way the poet puts those words together - which is 
a look - on the page.  And a sound to the ear - another way of looking.

And yes, that raven has stood on that highwayman's shoulder before...but 
perhaps not as cleverly constructed or imagined as by Poe or Noyes.  Yes, 
countless poets - superior and inferior have declared love to their one true 
love, but perhaps not many so so well as Browning.

And perhaps the Declaration is poetry to some eyes, albeit not all.  And if 
borrowed, who has done it so well - with the editors he had and all? 
(Except Lincoln in the Second Inaugural).

Now I'm done.

Maybe.

Gary
who believes there are as many definitions for poetry as stars and is 
perfectly willing to accept anyone's and everyone's


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