Entry for ~LaMonaca's workshop at *Writers-Workshop: [link]

1. Do you usually punctuate your poetry? Why/why not?
Usually, I don't punctuate my poetry. This is mostly because of a style of poetry I'm fond of (and I think I invented). It's called 'shatter poetry' and involves shifting ideas to the next line, using what would have been the next word in the sentance from the previous line. Punctuation screws this up.

2. Are there lines in this poem where you were considering other punctuation (or no punctuation)? If so, what were you considering and why?
Well, for '=Thud=' I had considered just a simple period for the end of the sentance, instead of the two equal signs, but I wanted to use that sign for the '.STOP.' line. You know, from the phrase "End of story. Period.". Just liked it.

3. If this a new draft of an old poem, do you feel better about your choices this time, or do you feel as if you were forcing the punctuation use? N/A, but I'll answer anyway. It was slightly odd to write poetry with punctuation, but I found I really liked it.

4. Overall, what is the effect you would like this poem to have on the reader? In other words, what are you going for, here?
This poem is a, how would you put it?, -observer poem? You don't get any imagery, or feelings/emotions (whatever). Only the sounds (and effects) from the story, and a breif comment at the end. Rather than have the reader's mind out to lunch with the circus for the read, I wanted them to have to think about what's going on. I wanted to have the reader come up with what they think is going on, weather that be a robbery or some poor shmuck who locked his keys inside his house. Up to you.

time- four minutes
media- MS Word
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