Poetry without direction

I’ll not read further than one line

of poetry if the poet

does not employ punctuation.

Think of punctuation

in terms of driving your auto:

It provides the necessary

direction to follow and heed.

Without it the sentences run

Into each other and become

unclear and your writing will go

nowhere. The purpose is to make

your meaning clear by telling the

reader when to pause, when to stop,

when to take notice, and so on.