manual of style

[constantine]

here 's the blah blah
one for you
cause i like you so much
one for me
because i prefer symmetry
happy?
See, I can capitalize, and
place commas in
the appropriate places
.

notice the break
does it make
for easier
transmission of data
?
here's another one

[Doreen Peri]

right on brotha

[constantine]

thanks doreen. is that a pic or a painting - either way i like it. ahh, i see. it's raining on her and her alone - must be a pic.

[Doreen Peri]

It's raining under the umbrella. Pretty sad. Fits me right now. What was that character in Peanuts who had the rain cloud over his head? Nobody wanted to be around him, remember? Can't think of his name. Anyway, depression sucks. I can't get out. I don't know what to do. Too much information. I should write it into a poem but who would want to read it? Nobody wants to be around sadness.

[Lightning Rod]

Not Peanuts
Lil Abner

http://deniskitchen.com/Merchant2/merch ... BP_KSP.240

[Odette]

Chicago or APA? I had tea with Strunk and White once where we bickered parenthetically.

[Odette]

It is Pig Pen in Peanuts with the dust cloud emanations. *coughs*

[constantine]

we do mla and chicago. i'm not familiar with your other references, but i sense a bon mot lurking in there. au revoir.

[Lightning Rod]

pigpin has stink coming from him, not rain falling on him
that's a cloud of stink above his head

[Odette]

APA - American Psychological Association. Used to document in the Social Sciences disciplines.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APA_style

[Lightning Rod]

the figures above pigpens head indicated stink
pigpen was a stinker
it wasn't a raincloud

that was Joe Bfstplk in Lil Abner

[Odette]

"Skunk" & White?! rotfl my bon mots off

"Make definite assertions. Avoid tame, colorless, hesitating, non-committal language." —Rule 12
William Strunk, Jr.

[Lightning Rod]

I'm on the floor too
good one, wes....er.. I mean Odette
yer a stinker too

[Doreen Peri]

Let's talk about dino's poem.

I didn't mean to change the topic. Sorry.

.....

odette... that was very funny...

"I had tea with Strunk and White once where we bickered parenthetically."

Hahahaha!

I once had an email exchange with my sister where we talked about proper use of parentheses for a week. Ugh.

Anyway, you made me laugh which is a good feat!

.....

about dino's poem... It's also very funny. Because it makes fun of style rules by its very structure.

In poetry, there are no rules. That's the fun part.

I outgrew critique forums years ago. I don't want to do it any more. *smile*

[Odette]

This poem is bon. Masculine, probbing, angry.