Markdown is great for writing on the web, but it's not the future of writing. I love markdown, but all word processing is still so restrictive compared to earli

Markdown is great for writing on the web, but it's not the future of writing. I love markdown, but all word processing is still so restrictive compared to earlier forms of composition, and HTML is still a horrible medium for poetry: Hannah Weiner used to manipulate the page in her typewriter for great effects in the 70s and 80s (http://www.ubu.com/ubu/pdf/weiner_indians.pdf http://www.ubu.com/ubu/pdf/weiner_indians.pdf). Charles Olson called the page an open field in 1950 (http://www.poetryfoundation.org/learning/poetics-essay/237880 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/learning/poetics-essay/23788...). Our linear text flow doesn't allow for the kind of poetry that Apollinaire was making in the early 20th century (http://ubumexico.centro.org.mx/text/Apollinaire_Calligrams.pdf http://ubumexico.centro.org.mx/text/Apollinaire_Calligrams.p...). Heck, for that matter HTML can't even maintain line breaks or distinguish stanzas (should they be p tags?).