Albert Goldbarth writes long poems with long lines full of descriptive detail.
Auden's poem is written in two different stanza forms, one form with shorter lines, the other with longer lines.
The lower Elementary classes used writing books with double lines, and the 'writing' in consequence was better'.
The longer double whole note can be written with vertical lines surrounding it, two attached note heads, or a rectangular note head.
God writes straight with crooked lines, will let no one interfere.
"I thought I would write Poe-like stories with first lines like 'The cell was dark and dank.' "
"See how the Lord writes straight with crooked lines!"
Here, ideas are written in a tree structure, with lines connecting them together.
My favorite proverb is from the Portuguese: "God writes straight with crooked lines."
Matthew, so nice to see you writing again, espcially with lines like the magician pulling candy wrappers out of our pockets like scarves.