On 10/27/05, Steven Brust <skzb at dreamcafe.com> wrote: > There are many reasons I hate that poem and wish I'd never written it; > you've just mentioned one. "Dzur" is one syllable. The only way to > make that line work is with a beat, or a breath, *before* the beginning > of the line, which is ugly. I find the poem somewhat charming, the early effort of an emerging author. Its flaws are what endear it to me. Perhaps I'm strange that way, but I suspect I'm hardly unique. -- johne cook - wisconsin, usa | http://dkamagazine.com | http://theswordreview.com | |http://phywriter.com