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 A: Replace the lines with commas. A: Replace the lines with commas.
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 +Q: I'm working on "Letters from a Bruised Cosmos" and I need some direction on two poems. I know that we can't maintain the formatting of concrete poems, but in these cases, I'm not sure the best way to "not" maintain formatting...
 +The first poem:
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 +In this case, I'm not sure if the line "The whole in the sky" should be at the end of the poem (this is how it looks when I clear formatting), or if I should have the line in the middle of the other lines (ex. A guilt folds into me like THE humanity. *but without the capitalization). The lines aren't exactly lined up, so this didn't feel like the best fit to me.
 +The second poem:
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 +In this case, I think the lines are intended to be read horizontally, and each section can be read vertically. Do I leave them in section and have them stacked (this is the way it looks when I remove formatting), or leave the sections side by side, and remove the spacing between the sections?
 +Thanks for your help!
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 +A: Unfortunately, this is a great example of a book where meaning is lost with reformatting. There is no clear way to retain "Meaning" for this poems. And since poems are very subjective, it can be a tough call. The best way to make a call on this is to walk through what we consider the intended meaning of the poem.
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 +In the first example "The Hole In the Sky" is supposed to be a hole in the poem, but also it should be able to be read as one phrase. I am leaning towards keeping the words together in one phrase (i.e. "The Hole in the Sky") and inserting it in the center of the poem where the word "the" shows up, maybe in parentheses to help keep it separated as an interjection to the poem.
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 +In the second example, my first instinct is to apply columns to the poem, but there is no way for the screen reader to read it horizontally. Maybe, we could repeat the poem in both reading order?
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 +You should add to the producer's notes that these changes are made. For example: ''In the poem Title of Poem, the phrase "The Hole in the Sky" originally when over the center of three lines. I this version it is inserted as a single phrase in the center of only the first line. In the poem Title of Poem, the original was styled to be read in two ways. In this version we have repeated the poem twice to retain the multiple reading order options.'' You can rephrase that as you wish.
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