Hi Nicole, I like your note and I probably should have gone deeper in my piece about your point here. If you are writing for yourself, in that private journal with no thought of publishing, then you are right, there are no rules. My point was that if you want to gain readership, maybe get published in a journal and perhaps do a book that sells a little, slowing down, learning to edit, polishing your work, and learning the rules, such as th power of punctuation, line breaks, passive voice and imagery all give you a better chance to write what might get read. If you write for yourself, you are right, it isn't about marketability, but if you want to become a. poet that gets published and read, then that does become the issue. Thoughtful note Nicole, you made me think here, Much appreciated. Thom