Ronald Johnson adresses this at length
within the length of his "ARK".
Gerald S.
> And what do you make of the fact that poems are almost invariably
> published on a sheet that bears no dimensional relationship to that on
> which they were conceived and licked into shape? It's no jest that most
> poems of all lengths read all wrong -- *there is a reason* - they're all
> profoundly alienated ...
>
> hny all
> e
>
>> So much of this seems to be decided by the technology. Like I've always
>> believed the 30-line lyric relates directly to the A4 page (or whatever
>> you
>> geezers call it over there: your 30-line lyrics are probably a bit
>> longer).
>> The first poetry workshop I ever took was with Eavan Boland. She posed a
>> question: "How do you know when the poem is finished?" I *always* knew
>> when
>> the poem was finished: when I got to the end of the page.
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