Hi there everybody -- a friend has just told me that at a recent workshop
she attended it was suggested that brackets should not appear in poetry. She
says she's had "a quick look through various anthologies and can confirm
that they are rare, although not non-existent."
Do petc members agree with this dictum, and if so, on what basis? I myself
have found quite a few examples in recent poetry, but in actual collections
rather than anthologies. Also, does the use of two dashes as a framing
device, in the same way as parentheses, come under the same embargo? I
suspect that one's quite common these days.
best joanna
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