05-25-2014, 04:41 PM
I can only agree with what has been said. Did anyone say drop the center justify? If not, please do as it puts quite a burden on the reader. There needs to be a very thought out rationale for using center justify, unless it is concrete poetry and one is forming an image.
"Nor is it a poem intended to impress anyone with clever use of written language."
Writing clearly does not mean writing cleverly. I have read quite a few PhD dissertations that were written well, yet possessed not a hint of cleverness.
"a state or being outside of your control, this is the "it""
"state of being" is not a stand alone statement. It must read, "A state of being anger, a state of being happy, unless you are talking about a philosophical "state of being" which is not germane here. There is no state of being outside of one's control, unless one is insane, which you seem to offer enough proof to state that you are not. A lot of times we may use phrases such as "I just couldn't help myself" from doing whatever it was, but the truth is we made a choice to act poorly, but latter wished not to accept the blame for it, so we concoct such excuses. If we truly could not control our behavior we would need to be locked up somewhere so we would not be able to hurt ourselves or others.
Dale
"Nor is it a poem intended to impress anyone with clever use of written language."
Writing clearly does not mean writing cleverly. I have read quite a few PhD dissertations that were written well, yet possessed not a hint of cleverness.
"a state or being outside of your control, this is the "it""
"state of being" is not a stand alone statement. It must read, "A state of being anger, a state of being happy, unless you are talking about a philosophical "state of being" which is not germane here. There is no state of being outside of one's control, unless one is insane, which you seem to offer enough proof to state that you are not. A lot of times we may use phrases such as "I just couldn't help myself" from doing whatever it was, but the truth is we made a choice to act poorly, but latter wished not to accept the blame for it, so we concoct such excuses. If we truly could not control our behavior we would need to be locked up somewhere so we would not be able to hurt ourselves or others.
Dale
How long after picking up the brush, the first masterpiece?
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.