Wonderful set of articles about poetry from Purdue OWL

[ChristopherSea]

These resources would be well placed in the Reference Forum. Perhaps they could be moved there for future peeks. Technical writing may not seem applicable to poetry, but it helps one to research and outline a subject for a poem.

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That is an interesting point you make Billy.
Made me think about my "other life" as in what i do for work. I'm wondering how much our habits and other skills influence our poetic ability. I have personally often struggled with poems that to my read seem disorderly or random. (In my work skill base I work in a lab (cider testing) and also keep medical records for the horses in a day book..so all of the things mentioned in you excerpt of the vet records seem obvious and essential to me).
...no particular purpose in this comment just thought this was an interesting thing to consider.
AJ.

I think our professional training does play a role in our poetry AJ. As a fellow scientist with over thirty published papers, I find it natural to employ the scientific method when developing themes and experimenting with writing poetry. I often begin with a question, make a prediction, experiment with some sort of protocol and follow with an analysis or conclusion.