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(5 hours ago)milo Wrote:ngl I've heard this crit a few different places on this forum now and it rarely feels like a legitimate note to me. there are tons of highly lauded contemporary poems, many of which are even good, that have this same feeling. I don't see why it should matter.(10 hours ago)CRNDLSM Wrote: Exploding from the barrel, Luffy's stretchyIf I were to express a concern it is that the lines seem measured out like lengths of wood rather than planned which gives it the feeling of a prose poem chopped at regular intervals
rubber arms plow through Alvira's pirate
henchmen, terrifying them. But Koby,
her young slave, amazed, gives food to this
new kid, whose only mission is
to be the 'King of Pirates!' Shouting, laughing,
jabbing him about not following
his own dreams, coward Koby watches Luffy
pound Alvira's crew to smithereens,
inspiring him to join Marines.
siken, for example - lines consistently broken to fit shape, no sensibility implied.

