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. > > > Shelley L. Rhodes, VRT > and Ludden Black Labrador Guide Dog > > Reading a book is like rewriting it for yourself. You bring to a novel, > anything you read, all your experience of the world. You bring your history > and you read it in your own terms. -Angela Carter, novelist and journalist > (1940-1992) > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Valerie Maples" <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2010 6:04 PM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] children's poetry/BSO? > > >> 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 >> >> >> 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. > 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.