Poetry Formatting (Part two)

My old poetry thoughts

Poetry rocks me like a concert or a cradle. It whispers tears to me and shouts its infidelities. A scalpel slices through my insides as it smiles in my face. Pleasure and pain with ultimate joy ricochet within me.
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First Attempt


Poetry
Rocks me like
A concert
Or a cradle

It whispers
Tears
And shouts
Infidelities

Scalpel slices
Gutting insides
As it smiles
At you

Pleasure
Pain
Ultimate
Joy

Second Attempt

Poetry rocks me like
A concert or cradle
It whispers tears to me
And shouts infidelities

A scalpel slices through
My insides as it smiles
Pain melds with joy
Ricocheting
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Just because you have words down, doesn't mean they should all make it into the final cut. I played around with these a little but not as much as I could have. I just wanted you to see two possible ways.
Why choose those ways to do it? It is easier on the eyes than blocks of text, it gives pauses at the correct times, etc. Ultimately, it is down to the poet but the right cut helps.

I also tend to shy away from a lot of punctuation in poetry unless it IS one of those blocks of text. I think stanzas and where you cut each line to go to the next is enough. The spacing and timing of each line ultimately is a great part of poetry's grammar.

Which do you like better? Do you think there is another way that would be best? Is there a method to what you do/don't use in a certain piece?