Why to the first, and it's probably true to the second. Never know what the fuck someone will do for the sake of stepping on the corpse.
After I'm done deleting the vowels, I'm going to delete the letters with stems and tails, so that everything looks completely uniform.
I'm not opposed to the use of capital letters and punctuation in poetry. I just personally prefer not to use them. I feel like the words are allowed to flow more freely on the page when they aren't bogged down with punctuation. And capital letters look very jarring to me. I've read many decent poems that were ruined by bad use of punctuation.
It seems like you are very protective of traditional poetics (if there is such a thing). I'm curious as to why?
I read and thoroughly appreciate work from a variety of poetic movements. My list of favorite writers encompasses a wide range from poets like Petrarch and Thomas, who used strict rhyme schemes and rhythms in their work, to poets like Hannah Weiner, who wouldn't know a rhyme if it was slapped in her face (let alone a straight line of words). Poetry is a constantly evolving art form. There is no one way to construct a poem that is better than others.
