IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ALL CAPS
THEN JUST SCROLL ON BY
HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT THAT JUST PERHAPS
THERE'S A REASON WHY
GETTING SO TIRED OF TELLING
COMPLETE STRANGERS I'M NOT YELLING
I DON'T FEEL THE NEED TO EXPLAIN
PLEADS FOR SMALL LETTERS IS SO MUNDANE
Author's Notes/Comments:
PEOPLE ARE SO PROGRAMMED THAT EVERYTHING IS IN BLACK AND WHITE WHEN THERE ARE ALWAYS SHADES OF GRAY THEY JUST DON'T NOTICE. ONE SHOULD NOT FEEL OBLIGATED TO EXPLAIN. I WONDER IF THEIR EARS ARE CONNECTED TO THEIR EYES AND THEY ACTUALLY HEAR YELLING...HA HA...I DO WHAT WORKS FOR ME AND IF PEOPLE DON'T LIKE IT THAT'S THEIR PROBLEM NOT GONNA MAKE IT MINE. JUST SO TIRED OF FEELING SOMEHOW OBLIGATED TO EXPLAIN WHEN IT IS REALLY NONE OF THEIR BUSINESS. IF IT BOTHERS THEM THEY CAN SCROLL ON BY. PROBLEM SOLVED....MORE THAN ENOUGH SAID.
Back in the 1920's, Estlin
Back in the 1920's, Estlin Cummings demonstrated that a Poet's typography is a personal choice, and does not negatively effect the reading experience for those who read with an open mind. But many of us, myself included, have to "get used" to this aspect. During my sophomore undergrad year, I was so excited to learn that H.D., the imagist Poet, did not capitalize the first letter of the first word of each line, unless it was the grammatical beginning of a sentence. I found this excitingly liberating for my own poems.
If I remember correctly, most Greek and Roman inscriptions---those that have survived from the ancient world---featured capitalization of each letter. If that suited them, why should it not suit those who read the poems of a Poet who has chosen that format?
J-Called