line strikes

Sometimes a line of poetry strikes inside, hard, deep—down into that well we might as well call the soul.

not unless

The editor said he’d publish my poem if I would agree to strike the last line. I replied that I’d let him publish my poem that way if he’d legally change his name to Notable Dolt.

grief strikethrough

It wouldn’t be right if you didn’t suffer a pang at striking certain phrases.

as though entitled

I struck through the word only because it seemed a bit too pleased and comfortable in its place.

nonpareil line

The nonpareil line annuls all before it. So you must strike the others, and start over.