Punctuation Or Not

[BigRed]

Without rules art, especially, is shit. Here, read this "ruleless" poem:

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What do you think? Is it brilliant? Did it speak to your soul?

Touche; the question, then, is what is art? I'm simply not a person comfortable with putting parameters on that question. It's like the Supreme Court said about porn, "We'll know it when we see it." I'll know art when I see it. Until then, adhering to strict guidelines is unnecessary.

Art is quite clearly subjective. If some like it with rhyming schemes, punctuation and other mechanics, then that's great and there are great examples of those poems. However, likewise, there are perfectly valid and great examples of poetry that wouldn't fall under any of that.