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Something Liz asked on fb got me thinking about this. Writer's News poetry competitions always emphasise that poems must be properly punctuated. By that I assume they mean punctuate as you would prose. Elsewhere, I see published poems with minimal punctuation. What's generally expected?
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added impact.
agony,
but there are it
seems
two acceptable
spellings: enjambment and enjambement.
I think Claudia wishes she'd never mentioned it now! Look away, Claudia. Look away...
It has to be done
carefully though or it can appear
unnatural and look
like you've just done it for
effect.
I really just wanted to know if it was enjoyable without punctuation and readable and could be understood, and from reaction i presume it can be.