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But the Pictures Get In the Way

Reading a poem feeds the mind, Touches the heart with what it says, Wisdom, delight, there I find But the pictures get in the way. Vivid lines paint good images, They take me places any day. Poems are lovely, way down the page- But the pictures get in the way. Good poems can stand well on their own With one or two pictures, okay. Too much may make its merit drown 'Cause the pictures get in the way. All rights reserved~~~Cynthia Buhain-Baello~~~06.02.15 -------------- A kyrielle is made of quatrains that rhyme. Each stanza (that is a quatrain) has a line that repeats, so a line from a previous stanza. That line usually (but does not necessarily have to) be the last line in the stanza. Each line in the poem has eight syllables. There is no limit to the number of stanzas. Usually there are three or more stanzas. Any type of rhyme scheme can be used.

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Constance La France

Date: 6/20/2015 1:48:00 PM

Cynthia, I am guilty of pictures on poems but just one and not always, at times they are my inspiration, as poetry and art are sisters, I love your write, wonderfully penned 7 and thanks for visiting my poem, Jesus ...

Skat A

Date: 6/3/2015 12:41:00 AM

i love reading poems and just letting my imagination get the best of me pictures are a nice way of presenting poems of course don't get me wrong but i agree:) enjoyed your write~Luv S.K.A.T.

Diane M Quinlan

Date: 6/2/2015 8:53:00 AM

I love to paint and write. Too many pictures and too many words will definitely over-cook the poem soup!

Cynthia Buhain-Baello
Date: 6/2/2015 7:09:00 PM

Thank you Diane M Quinian, yes that is true. We write poems, not novels, and particularly not epic poems, or lengthy ones like "Dante's Inferno" because reader attention span on the net is 5 minutes or less. Several pictures posted before a poem makes us lose interest (when one has to scroll down just to find the poem). Substance in brevity is always best.

Jan Allison

Date: 6/2/2015 1:08:00 AM

I agree with you that too many pictures can be distracting Cynthia - I only usually post one picture and not with every poem I pen - I have added 2 on odd occasions but no more - I find scrolling down past 6 or 7 pictures quite distracting:-) Hugs Jan xx

Cynthia Buhain-Baello
Date: 6/2/2015 7:04:00 PM

"did not see" sorry typing was bad

Cynthia Buhain-Baello
Date: 6/2/2015 7:03:00 PM

Yes, thank you Jan Allison, I was reading several poem with lots of pictures (more than 5) and I almost did not the the poem way down the page. There are a lot ow sites on the web where we can view pictures, but Soup give us poems ...to be read. ~~~Cynthia