Readers Record
“The Music of the Line”

1) “In other words, there is a momentary silence, and as musicians know, silence is an integral part of music.” (p. 105)
2) “We real cool. We
Left school. We
Lurk late. We
Strike straight. We
Sing sin. We
Thin gin. We
Jazz June. We
Die soon.” (p. 107)
3) “through it all when I’d cling beside you sobbing
you’d shrug it off with the quietest I’m still
here” (p. 111)
4) “Be careful that you don’t become so enamored of what a line break can do that you begin using it as a clever trick, rather than a technique to serve your poem.” (p. 112)
5) “There are no real rules for line breaks.” (p. 105)