Before I miss this opportunity, there is a quick poll going on at emanilapoetry.com asking members and readers what they think: Which is correct to use between words? Single space or double space? Though it may appear trivial to others, spacing in poetry is very important as others consider spacing as an element of the poem itself. Aside from errors in grammar and spelling, improper use of spacing and punctuation is one of the common errors … [Read more...]
Revisiting “Grammar, spelling, and poetry”
November 30, 2010 By 2 Comments
It's time to revisit what I wrote last February about proper grammar and correct spelling in poetry. In that post, I wrote: "Unfortunately, creative writing is mistaken for a license to dispense and ignore good grammar and correct spelling. Especially these days where most writings are done online and Twitter- and Facebook-based communication is popular, some writers tend to think that good grammar and correct spelling are already things of … [Read more...]
Grammar, spelling, and poetry
February 15, 2010 By 21 Comments
I am not surprised that among emanilapoetry contributors, there are those who like to experiment with grammar in their posts. After all, there is the impression that, of various genres of creative writing, poetry gives the writer a license to write in a language, form or structure that he or she pleases. Unfortunately, creative writing is mistaken for a license to dispense and ignore good grammar and correct spelling. Especially these days … [Read more...]
Day after Australia Day, we have a preview of our new poetry site
January 27, 2009 By 5 Comments
Last week-end was a long week-end in Australia. It was Australia Day yesterday, January 26 which thus gave our team a very good opportunity to get together and discuss the progress of our website development work. For myself, I had a quick look at the ongoing design for emanila's Poetry site to see if we can now open the new pages. In its current state, the new site theme is okay to deploy, but I thought we hold it back for another week to fix … [Read more...]
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