Thanks for sharing that.
If you try editing the post to make the formatting work, add double spaces at the end of each line before pressing enter, it should make the line break work as expected.
this post was submitted on 20 May 2024
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A community to celebrate published and OC works of poetry.
Welcome to !poetry
Guidelines & Community Rules
In addition to the general rules of lemmy.world:
Published Poetry
1a: Poetry posts should include the title and the author, when the author is known.
O.C. Poetry
2a: Sharing original poetry is encouraged, but it must be preceded by the tag "[OC]."
2b: If an [OC] post is requesting feedback, it should also follow with the "[FB]" tag. It would look like the following example:
[OC] [FB] Nothing Gold Can Stay
Feedback
All feedback should be given in good faith.
3a: All [FB] requests should be met with comments constructive in nature. It is okay to dislike parts of a poem, but make sure to explain why you feel that way.
3b: Feedback does not need to be extraordinary in nature. Simply expressing how a work makes you feel is often enough.
3c: Use the honor system. When you receive good feedback, return it in kind to another author. Everyone appreciates knowing their work is being read and appreciated.
As this community develops, these guidelines may be adjusted.
Formatting Help
Work in progress
To create a line break, use two spaces at the end of a line.
To create empty space, type .
Use four of these at the beginning of a line to create a standard indent.
UPDATE:
Some methods of access do not format markdown correctly. I am currently testing various apps and web interfaces to see what does and does not retain formatting.
In the interim, it is encouraged to post text poetry as you normally would, but to include a link at the beginning or end of the post with access to a website or image that retains the formatting as intended.
Other Poetry Communities
Poetry lovers unite! In the style of the fediverse, multiple poetry communities have arisen, and will continue to rise. I will try to keep a list here of communities across instances that are worth checking out!
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Does it look any better now?
That's better, but still not what I think you were going for:
No longer told I’m young
Not told that it’s my weight
Not told that it’s my mental health
She acknowledges my miserable state
View source on this (the button between downvote and reply, the page with top right corner folded in) comment. Observe that at the end of each line there is a double-space, and then an enter. The double space at the end of a line before pressing return is how to format for line breaks as you would expect in a standard text editor like ms word.
It's a perfectly fine poem, and I hope you get the answers you seek.
Not taking people seriously is one of the most damaging things we do to each other.
Aw thank you. I had to drive 2 hours to see this new doctor and it was totally worth it. I exhausted all of my options that were closer over the years.
It took my mother more than 20 years before she found a doctor who took her seriously and diagnosed her as having a hyperactive thyroid, then another 25 years before one went over her extensive list of meds one by one to determine she had a one in a million allergy to cortisone that was causing mild organ failure.
Doctors don't listen well, especially to women. It's getting better, but only slowly.
Hope you get an answer you can use. If you're in the HLA-B27 group, know that there are community organized help forums out there and let me know if you want a link or two :)
Idk if I'm in that group or not. I know that the next tests I am getting are to see if I have lupus and/or some other autoimmune disease.