Hi Vivian, If formatting poetry, the practise has been to add a single asterisk on the line which would have been blank between stanzas. Three is just too many to have repeated that often. Thanks for asking! Mayrie -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Vivian Flores Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 12:36 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] formatting question on poems Hello everyone, Do we add a line of 3 asterisks after each stanza? Thanks, Vivian To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.