Do you have an open relationship with grammar and punctuation or do you have str

Question: Do you have an open relationship with grammar and punctuation or do you have strict rules of conduct!?

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HUNTED

Dry grass rustles, dampening senses,
Ears twitch at every snapped twig,
Resting in rows, leery of hunters,
Bow and arrow, deadly silence,
Send the fawns scurrying,
There, in the corm, thinly disguised,
See the gleam in his eyes,
Whispering chert,
Strikes and burrows,
Stagger away, to the forest,
Who are these new predators on this land,
These uprights, this carnivorous man…!.

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I have a file of punctuation corrections to look at!.!.!.but first, Glenn's book, section 3 of 5 (YES! almost home on Deka III)Www@QuestionHome@Com

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I love this "Hunted" poem

as for punctuation I like to give the readers something to do!.!. why should they just sit around looking bored!?

Some times punctuation is absolutely necessary and there are others where no punctuation is a kind of emphasis!.

Haiku requires that no western techniques be utilized, including punctuation and capitalization!.!. I do appreciate the simplicity of this method of writing!. I know that in many cases dialogue is lacking its quotation marks and I personally feel this is both an advantage for the writer and the reader!. Print is less busy and the pages are much more aesthetically constructed!. The finished work is prettier!. I think I opt for less rather than more!. but care must be taken that the message has not been corrupted or violated!. Work that is failing to pass on the pauses and inflections that appropriate punctuations can supply may be why people do not read and appreciate poetry as they seem to once have done!.

Try the old:

that that is is not that that is not and that that is not is not that that is is that not it

lack of punctuation make it almost entirely undecipherable!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I actually prefer punctuation in poetry!. I feel that punctuation tells the reader how to read the poem the way it is intended!. I'm not strict about it though!. I've read many poems without any punctuation and it doesn't really bother me!.!.!. too much!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

punctuation where needed!.!.!.
Capitals to Honor!.!.!.
dots to breathe!.
dashes to slice in - ya!
staying free,
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TD when i read corm
i think real low to the ground,
tangled up exposed bulgey rooty stuff!.
who is in the corm, the deer!?
deer dont live or hangout in
tangly things like that!.!.that i know of!.
their very conscious of where their feet go!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

It depends on the writing, just like speech, you have formal and informal dialects based on settings and the audience!. I think in a poem you could punctuate anyway you see fit - I think this works stylistically!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I hope, my manners are better than my punctuation!. I always, always want to put in too many commas!.
And I also praise the wonder of spell check!.
A very open relationship!.!.!.and a great poem!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I am okay with strict punctuation or no punctuation!. I object to inconsistent punctuation!.

EDIT: Oh, yeah, the poem!.!.!.well punctuated!!Www@QuestionHome@Com

So, is this the day for commas, or commas and capital letters!? I always enjoy when deer talk!. Refreshing, in a comma type of way! lolWww@QuestionHome@Com

I am very strict about my punctuation in general, though I do occasionally slip up!. I don't exactly curse myself out when I do, though!. It's really not THAT big a deal!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Rules, rules and more rules, Oh boy! more confusion!.

I liked your poem, reads easy!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I particularly like - the dash!. Dots lead to places unknown, or perhaps known!. Is that considered punctuation!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

I like your poem!
I used to be very strict with 'proper' punctuation!.!.!.!.!.!.!.I still am in certain writing I do!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.here, at YA, all that's gone down the tubes, LOL!!!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Strick, rools! a' conduc- wear punchy-ation, spelin, and gramma r cunserned!!!Www@QuestionHome@Com

People who don't use punctuation are missing the point!. I really like this poem!Www@QuestionHome@Com