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Punctuation in Poetry – Should we do it?

  By Colleen Chesebro: WordCraftPoetry 17 Jun 2019 17 Jun 2019 Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenges

The most important thing you can learn about writing poetry is to add punctuation, especially if you are going to enter your poems into contests like I suggested in this post: https://colleenchesebro.com/2019/06/16/the-united-haiku-tanka-society-uhts-poetry-contest-information/. Join UHTS HERE. We’re all familiar with this example: Lets eat Grandma! OR: Let’s eat, Grandma. When you… Continue reading

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