Right.
Some suggestions.
To The Powers That Be:
Is is possible to add a feature that permits multiple columns.
Sometimes poems are a couple of words wide and a yard long; for me the scrolling interferes with concentration; takes away from it and I have to re-read; for me and perhaps otheres, it might be easier to read if only screen high & a few columns wide.
Also:
There are a couple here posting some nice work; besides the Submitted discussion board, might it be possible to have an archive to which an author could add items? I'd like to see more of Jack's work, for example; read it all at one time (preferably in columns); it would add a new dimension to discussions as well.

E.

Here's a link to Jack's works: [www.emule.com]


We could probably do that, but we'd rather let you figure it out yourselves. Bear in mind that the "Search" feature does most of what you're asking for.


Les



Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 11/12/2021 02:12PM by lg.

Les

MATER DOLOROSA
I'd a dream to-night As I fell asleep, O! the touching sight Makes me still to weep: Of my little lad, Gone to leave me sad, Ay, the child I had, But was not to keep.	As in heaven high, I my child did seek, There in train came by Children fair and meek, Each in lily white, With a lamp alight; Each was clear to sight, But they did not speak.	Then, a little sad, Came my child in turn, But the lamp he had, O it did not burn! He, to clear my doubt, Said, half-turned about, "Your tears put it out; Mother, never mourn."
		William Barnes [1801-1886]

MATER DOLOROSA
I'd a dream to-night As I fell asleep, O! the touching sight Makes me still to weep: Of my little lad, Gone to leave me sad, Ay, the child I had, But was not to keep.	As in heaven high, I my child did seek, There in train came by Children fair and meek, Each in lily white, With a lamp alight; Each was clear to sight, But they did not speak.	Then, a little sad, Came my child in turn, But the lamp he had, O it did not burn! He, to clear my doubt, Said, half-turned about, "Your tears put it out; Mother, never mourn."
		William Barnes [1801-1886]

There, that is better.
But what about for those who are HTML challenged?
Might there be a "form" available for those posting a "long" poem?
Most of my items are relatively short, so this is not necessarily for my use;
something like a link on this here diologue box for one already set up in colums for "long" poems; set up in 3 or 4 colums, with each column only as long as a browser window and if longer, continues on a next segment of the table for "page 2", etc.

E.

MATER DOLOROSA
I'd a dream to-night As I fell asleep, O! the touching sight Makes me still to weep: Of my little lad, Gone to leave me sad, Ay, the child I had, But was not to keep.	As in heaven high, I my child did seek, There in train came by Children fair and meek, Each in lily white, With a lamp alight; Each was clear to sight, But they did not speak. William Barnes [1801-1886]	Then, a little sad, Came my child in turn, But the lamp he had, O it did not burn! He, to clear my doubt, Said, half-turned about, "Your tears put it out; Mother, never mourn."

Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 11/13/2006 01:05PM by lg.

Great suggestion, Elliot, I've struggled myself to follow poems which are extremely long and which require extensive scrolling. What say you Kevin, Rudy? Is this format change possible?


Les