crosscut saw

The right margin is a serrated edge, and this poem is going saw you in half.

right kind of wrong

A poem that was the right kind of wrong, making its missteps due to its leaps or when getting to close to an edge.

unbounded

The outer frame of the poem should be the world, and not the edges of the page.

step back

The poet talks the prose line back from the edge.

field awareness

He was deft with line breaks, like a wide receiver who knows how to test the edge of the field but always keeps two feet in bounds.

rough edge

The right margin of line endings competing with the deckle edge of the page.

uneven ends

The ragged right edge of the poem is reminder of our art’s imperfection.

snowfield

Block: The page a snowfield, deep and unmarked to the far edge.

edgy performance

He was so avant-garde he went straight to the edge of the proscenium and fell off the stage into the crowd.

self-sharpening

The line should be self-sharpening; so that time cannot dull its edge.