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longte
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since 2005-04-06

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0 posted 2005-05-12 12:38 PM

I was asked to write a fairly long poem

Wrote it
Felt good

What do you do with a poem that is several pages long???

Peter

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1 posted 2005-05-12 12:43 PM

ummm? post it?

I would put it in prose personally if its that long. I think it would struggle in Open.

Alicat
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2 posted 2005-05-12 01:06 AM

Gotta think about the attention span of most readers. If it don't fit on one visible page (no scrolling), then they don't read it unless they know the author or like the author. Sad but true.

Local Parasite

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3 posted 2005-05-12 02:01 AM

post it in a slower forum, like Corner Pub, so it doesn't suffer sinkage.

Give it an interesting title.

Also, add a prefatory note that makes mention of the poem's origin and/or significance so that people are perhaps more interested in reading to the very finish.

I'll promise you a reply if you post it. How does that sound?

longte
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since 2005-04-06

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4 posted 2005-05-12 03:56 AM

Ok
Three totally different answers

Might think about it some more

It is too long to fit in with anything I have seen here so far
It could break into Three seperate poems following on from each other
But then the flow would be disrupted

Thankyou all for your input so far

Peter

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LeeJ
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5 posted 2005-05-12 07:24 AM

would love to read it, I say post it...you, have nothing to loose, we do, for not reading it.

Sunshine

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6 posted 2005-05-12 08:39 AM

Of course, you could always send it to Brian [LP]...he loves to read!

There. That's another alternative.

Ringo

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7 posted 2005-05-12 09:15 AM

There have been a few people that have split poems into separate pieces, as you hve suggested, and posted them separately. Give that a try, and put it into a slower forum as LP suggested... Just remember:
If you post it, they will come...

OK, OK... I'll stop
lol

Actually, this thread came along at a really interesting time.. I am working on an "epic" poem about the battle of Iwo Jima. Watching how you handle your poem should let me know how to do mine.
Thanks

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Ran to hide behind the stairs
And said maybe when it's right for you, they'll fall

Gentle Spirit
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8 posted 2005-05-12 10:39 AM

I myself have done short series on a theme poems myself in the past. If you post each as a separate segment perhaps linking to each poem as you go you will be sure to have your work seen. I will be looking for it should you decide to post.

longte
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since 2005-04-06

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9 posted 2005-05-12 10:44 AM

Ok

I have broken it up

Still seems to be Ok in pieces

I put the first part in Corner Pub

Named it Prophecy 1

Hope you enjoy it
Then someone better teach me how to link poems together

Thanks for all your input
Peter

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Ringo

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10 posted 2005-05-12 12:11 PM

Linking is just a matter of cutting and pasting the web addres where you posted the first part.

Just in case:
Bring up the page where you posted Prophesy 1 and RIGHT click on the adress bar and click COPY (or CUT)

When you post the second part (I am guessing Prophesy 2) at the beginning or the end, right click again and click on PASTE.
Leave a short note explaining that it is the first part.
Now... do the same thing for Prophesy 2.
Go back and edit Prophesy 1, and place the link for Prophesy 2 at the end of the poem so we can go from one to the next seemlessly.

Hope It Helps

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Falling deeper into this
Black hole we call living
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Alicat
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11 posted 2005-05-12 02:25 PM

Or you could make it a bit easier for the reader and use UBB Code to hyperlink the page while giving it a name, just like I did with UBB Code.

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