Mill, I used to have the problem too. If I type in Notes on my iPad, then just cut and paste from there, it seems to be all right for some reason, if that helps. Bill On Thu, 2 Aug 2018 at 9:46 am, Millicent Borges Accardi < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Thanks Patrick-- not sure how to retain Word formatting in an email. The > conjoined words problem only happens with this listserve. Doesn't happen > with any other email I send or post. It's strange. Maybe a glitch between > Poetry Etc and AOL formatting? When I send the email to myself, the > formatting is fine. So strange. > > > --Mill > > > > New Poetry Collection: Only More So @ Amazon > > > http://www.MillicentBorgesAccardi.com > > @TopangaHippie on Twitter > > Água mole em pedra dura tanto dá até que fura > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: patrick mcmanus <[log in to unmask]> > To: POETRYETC <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Wed, Aug 1, 2018 3:51 pm > Subject: Re: I Abandon you Each Night > > Millicent when you paste does it make a difference if you use with or > without formatting -I am non tech but finds makes differenceSent from > Samsung tablet-------- Original message --------From: Millicent Borges > Accardi <[log in to unmask]> Date: 01/08/2018 > 20:53 (GMT+00:00) To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: I Abandon > you Each Night Doug,Thanks for your kind comments--As an aside, I don't > know why some words end up conjoined when I paste and send to the list > serve. It's puzzling.Take care,MillNew Poetry Collection: Only More So @ > Amazonhttp://www.MillicentBorgesAccardi.com@TopangaHippie on TwitterÁgua > mole em pedra dura tanto dá até que fura-----Original Message-----From: > Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>To: POETRYETC < > [log in to unmask]>Sent: Wed, Aug 1, 2018 8:17 amSubject: Re: I > Abandon you Each NightI like the ‘as if’-ness of it Millicent. The being > there & not being there, then the abandonment of being right there.On my > screen, some words were linked together…Doug> On Aug 1, 2018, at 4:32 AM, > Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:> > Really like the final > six lines, Millicent, in which desperation and> disappointment come across > so strongly. Still working on interpreting the> rest, addressed to the > second person.> > Bill> > On Wed, 1 Aug 2018 at 7:50 pm, Millicent Borges > Accardi <> [log in to unmask]> wrote:> >> I > Abandon you Each Night>> >> >> You abandon your waking>> hours,>> In soft > squares, you try>> toneglect>> Your worries and shut down>> The voices, one > on each>> shoulder>> A devil and an angel and if itis important>> To you, > you sign awfully>> andlisten>> Or you ignore and try to avoid>> Because > this is a solo>> performance>> That only you can sing despitethe>> Urging > of others to couple>> andadore>> And procreate. And as if and asif>> It > were different.>> Oh Man, I abandon you>> eachnight,>> My heart ache, my > fears,>> mylove>> My softness. It is as if I roll over,>> It as if I roll > over and touchnothing.>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> New Poetry Collection: > Only More So @ Amazon>> >> >> http://www.MillicentBorgesAccardi.com>> >> > @TopangaHippie on Twitter>> >> Água mole em pedra dura tanto dá até que > fura>> >> >> >> >> >> > ########################################################################>> > >> To unsubscribe from the POETRYETC list, click the following link:>> > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=POETRYETC&A=1>> >> >> > >> > ########################################################################>> > >> To unsubscribe from the POETRYETC list, click the following link:>> > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=POETRYETC&A=1>> > > > ########################################################################> > > To unsubscribe from the POETRYETC list, click the following link:> > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=POETRYETC&A=1Douglas > [log in to unmask]://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/Recent > publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuations 2 > (UofAPress).Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).Listen. 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