Why should I ever want <br /> my poems to convey <br />their messages in clear <br />and unmistakable terms, <br />obeying all accepted rules <br />of grammar, syntax, idiom, <br />spelling and punctuation? <br /> <br />The answer, nowadays <br />seems often to be simply, <br />'No, I don't, since poetry <br />is now a liberal art'. <br /> <br />My friends, be thankful for <br />this beautiful language we <br />may call our own, and that <br />we should respect enough <br />to learn its ways and rules, <br />and practice them in poetry.<br /><br />Willem VanVoorthuysen<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/loving-our-language/
