what is this new fangled device

[billy]

after going over the latest threads section on the left of the index page i notice some poems have the tittle followed by fraction. example:

Flotsam (2/3)
Clear Skies (1/3)

what does it all mean

[just mercedes]

after going over the latest threads section on the left of the index page i notice some poems have the tittle followed by fraction. example:

Flotsam (2/3)
Clear Skies (1/3)

what does it all mean          

I think the three poems are designed to fit together, in that order - together they make up a complete poem, but they also can stand alone.

I think I'd prefer to read them all, together, though.

[billy]

thanks jm; me too

[Quixilated]

I see a value and purpose in separating the poems. 

As Audience, yes, we get the greatest value when we read the poems together.  If they were published, they should be published together, etc.  But here we do not always get to be pure audience.  We are part audience, part tool.  Though they run on a theme, and are meant to compliment each other, they are still separate poems, complete in themselves.   Each one needs to be able to stand alone without depending on the others for its own value. Each one needs it's own chance under the scalpel without being overshadowed by the other.  As Workshop, the author gets the greatest value when we critique the poems separately.