[bksvol-discuss] Re: children's poetry/BSO?
- From: Valerie Maples <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:25:11 -0600
Even a single star between stanzas? How do you suggest preserving the brea if
you do not like a single star? I believe that is how Lissi and Evan have been
formatting poetry.
Valerie
On Feb 28, 2010, at 7:46 PM, Shelley L. Rhodes wrote:
> Smile for me the stars would be really annoying, smile.
>
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> Shelley L. Rhodes, VRT
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> and you read it in your own terms. -Angela Carter, novelist and journalist
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Valerie Maples" <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>> I sent this to Carrie, but I also thought I would send it to the list.
>>
>> Before I go to give away some of my children's poetry books like Dr. Seuss,
>> I went to look at some, especially early additions. I notice few to none
>> are formatted as poetry (for visual readers) with lines preserved to show
>> how they are composed. I realize both styles help one group or the other,
>> but unless we can preserve both paragraph and poetry format of poetry, it
>> seems to me it should be presented as poetry in lines and stanzas.
>>
>> Would this be a good use of BSO or not? I know Nichole prefers reading
>> poetry as lines, not paragraphs as do I, but am wondering what others think.
>> How annoying would the asterisk (star) be between stanzas for those who
>> listen instead of reading Braille or text?
>>
>> Thanks as always for your feedback!
>> Valerie
>>
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