Here's how I do it, assuming that each line of the poem is left-aligned
(that is, alternate lines are not indented):
1. Type the entire poem, pressing Shift+Enter (line break) at the end of
each line and Enter (paragraph break) at the end of each stanza.
2. Select the entire poem and apply some Spacing After (Format | Paragraph)
so that the stanzas are separated.
3. Drag the left indent marker on the ruler until the poem is visually
centered (do not use Center alignment); this is tricky if some of the lines
are very long, but make it so that the average line length looks centered.
I generally define a Poetry style to handle these properties, but if I'm
typing a lot of poems with lines of varying length, then I drag the indents
as needed for each poem.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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"maz" wrote in message
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I am creating a poem in word document and wish to know the correct fomat
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to precent it for marking