AN EXAMPLE :

either I leave a line in between , or the poems appears as such :

The cataract of Lodore by Robert Southey - 1820 (Ladore)Bristol 1774-1843

" How does the Water Come down at Lodore?" My little boy ask'd me Thus, once on a time; And moreover he task'd me To tell him in rhyme. Anon at the word There came first one daughter And then came another, To second and third The request of their brother And to hear how the water Comes down at Lodore With its rush and its roar, As many a time They had seen it before. So I told them in rhyme, For of rhymes I had store: And 'twas in my vocation For their recreation That so should I sing Because I was Laureate To them and the King. From its sources which well In the Tarn on the fell; From its fountains In the mountains, Its rills and its gills; Through moss and through brake, It runs and it creeps For awhile till it sleeps In its own little Lake. And thence at departing, Awakening and starting, It runs through the reeds And away it proceeds, Through meadow and glade, In sun and in shade, And through the wood-shelter, Among crags in its flurry, Helter-skelter, Hurry-scurry. Here it comes sparkling, And there it lies darkling; Now smoking and frothing Its tumult and wrath in, Till in this rapid race On which it is bent, It reaches the place Of its steep descent.

The Cataract strong Then plunges along, Striking and raging As if a war waging Its caverns and rocks among: Rising and leaping, Sinking and creeping, Swelling and sweeping, Showering and springing, Flying and flinging, Writhing and ringing, Eddying and whisking, Spouting and frisking, Turning and twisting, Around and around With endless rebound! Smiting and fighting, A sight to delight in; Confounding, astounding, Dizzying and deafening the ear with its sound. Collecting, projecting, Receding and speeding, And shocking and rocking, And darting and parting, And threading and spreading, And whizzing and hissing, And dripping and skipping, And hitting and splitting, And shining and twining, And rattling and battling, And shaking and quaking, And pouring and roaring, And waving and raving, And tossing and crossing, And flowing and going, And running and stunning, And foaming and roaming, And dinning and spinning, And dropping and hopping, And working and jerking, And guggling and struggling, And heaving and cleaving, And moaning and groaning; And glittering and frittering, And gathering and feathering, And whitening and brightening, And quivering and shivering, And hurrying and scurrying, And thundering and floundering, Dividing and gliding and sliding, And falling and brawling and sprawling, And diving and riving and striving, And sprinkling and twinkling and wrinkling, And sounding and bounding and rounding, And bubbling and troubling and doubling, And grumbling and rumbling and tumbling, And clattering and battering and shattering; Retreating and beating and meeting and sheeting, Delaying and straying and playing and spraying, Advancing and prancing and glancing and dancing, Recoiling, turmoiling and toiling and boiling, And gleaming and streaming and steaming and beaming, And rushing and flushing and brushing and gushing, And flapping and rapping and clapping and slapping, And curling and whirling and purling and twirling, And thumping and plumping and bumping and jumping, And dashing and flashing and splashing and clashing; And so never ending, but always descending, Sounds and motions for ever and ever are blending, All at once and all o'er, with a mighty uproar, And this way the water comes down at Lodore.

-- ilza (ilza@pobox.com), March 05, 1999

Answers

Ilza,

Thanks for your input, I do appreciate comments on how things are working and am strongly thinking of changing this forum to the same format that the poetry submission board uses. I would apreciate it if your went to the other board at http://www.poem.org and check it out. If you like that format I can set up the Q&A forum using that script code. As for this forum it is not running on my system so I have no control over how it functions. I actually tried to set up the new forum last month when I set up the new poetry board but the cgi script is quite complicated and I have not worked out the kinks yet.

-- David Doherty (webmaster@poem.org), March 07, 1999.

It seems to be emailing it with the breaks but not posting the breaks.

This is really for question and answer anyway more than posting poetry unless discussing the poem. For a better board to post go to the main page at poem online at http://www.poem.org and go to the add your poem link at the new poetry submission board. The poem will post nicer there.

-- David Doherty (webmaster@poem.org), March 07, 1999.

If you hit enter it should line break You may also use a br tag if you know html
If you copy and paste to this board it may not catch the breaks hope I've helped

-- David Doherty (webmaster@poem.org), March 07, 1999.

thanks, but again . . . if someone asks for a poem, which seems to be maybe what, 90% of the messages ? - and I know it, and I am willing to copy and paste, the problem remains .

rgds, ilza

-- ilza (ilza@pobox.com), March 07, 1999.