It's the 2026 Revise-a-Poem Challenge (Comments welcome!)

[42BelowsBack]

I know you don't want to add an "and" in either line, but something to intensify the cause-effect relationship in each case..

Your comments are insightful. You’ve really got me thinking about a lot of things @Angeline). But first and.

I am missing And.

You and I shared a common relationship.
You were my earth and sky.

We went swimming and hiking together.
I studied and studied you.

Then you And, in my poetey became
a broken math maticle equation.

I think of you and x > 1 and x < 0, which
indicates you And, were greater than, and I.

 

[12oclocktales]

No you're not! I'm frustrated by the same thing: I add indents and when I post they vanish. I used to be pretty proficient with V-Bulletin, the system that controlled all the editorial features here. Then it was updated....

When I indent, which isn’t too often, mainly with limericks in the third and fourth lines, I just tap in the number of spaces I want, usually four, on the space bar and have had no trouble when posting them. Mary Oliver indented a lot, stair-step fashion, early on, then not so much.

 

[Angeline]

When I indent, which isn’t too often, mainly with limericks in the third and fourth lines, I just tap in the number of spaces I want, usually four, on the space bar and have had no trouble when posting them. Mary Oliver indented a lot, stair-step fashion, early on, then not so much.

Thank you! I'll give it a try.