"Verbs are what bring language alive and make it move, and for me verbless or near-verbless poems are dead on the page" Yes. But I wouldn't throw out the nouns. I think nouns and verbs together are the most important aspects of a poem (hand holds, foot holds). Adjectives and adverbs weakest. - fp *************** Frank Parker [log in to unmask] http://now.at/frankshome %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%