Hi John, Yes, each line of poetry should end with a paragraph mark, or each line should begin with one, whichever it ends up happening when you don't separate lines with spaces. Poetry is pretty much useless if the lines are not separated by paragraph marks. Thanks for keeping true to the poetry. That matters a lot to those of us who enjoy poetry. Mayrie -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John J. Boyer Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2010 12:48 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Should each line in poetry be in a separate paragraph? I am preparing a book on Writing Metrical poetry for submission. It has lots of poems. Should each line be in a separate paragraph? I am using Word 2007. Thanks, John -- John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer Abilitiessoft, Inc. http://www.abilitiessoft.com Madison, Wisconsin USA Developing software for people with disabilities 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.