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City magazine poetry grid layout

Complete a poetic grid layout for a city magazine scenario, with realistic content, actionable controls, clear status feedback, and responsive layouts across sizes.

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    <header class="mast"><div><span class="eyebrow">art-deco / poetry grid typography / ADVANCED</span><h1>City magazine poetry grid layout</h1><p class="intro">Complete a poetic grid layout for a city magazine scenario, with realistic content, actionable controls, clear status feedback, and responsive layouts across sizes.</p></div><span class="scenario">City Magazine</span></header>
    <figure class="composition-gallery"><section class="demo" aria-label="City Magazine Poetry Grid Layout Interaction Area"><div class="workflow-session"><header class="session-command"><div><span class="eyebrow">City Magazine SESSION</span><h2>Magazine deadline timer</h2></div><output id="workflowSessionClock">00:45</output><label>Round Duration<input id="workflowSessionLength" type="range" min="15" max="90" step="15" value="45"><span>sec</span></label><button id="workflowSessionToggle" class="action primary" type="button">Start Copyediting</button></header><div id="workflowSessionProgress" role="progressbar" aria-label="Magazine deadline progress" aria-valuemin="0" aria-valuemax="100" aria-valuenow="0"><i></i></div><section id="workflowCore" class="workflow-core session-stage" data-session-phase="ready" tabindex="-1"><!-- 11DZ_CORE_START:typography-text-poem-grid --><div class="poem-grid-lab"><header class="poem-controls panel"><div><span class="eyebrow">POEM GRID</span><h2>Poetry grid typography</h2></div><div class="row" role="group" aria-label="Poem layout"><button class="action poem-layout is-active" type="button" data-poem-layout="stair" aria-pressed="true">Steps</button><button class="action poem-layout" type="button" data-poem-layout="columns" aria-pressed="false">Two-column</button><button class="action poem-layout" type="button" data-poem-layout="center" aria-pressed="false">Centered</button></div><label>Poem line spacing <input id="poemGap" type="range" min="8" max="48" value="24" data-core-bridge="typography-text-poem-grid"><output id="poemGapValue">24px</output></label></header><figure id="poemFigure" class="poem-figure is-stair"><figcaption>City Magazine · Four-Line Poem</figcaption><blockquote><p>Light falls on an unnamed road</p><p>The wind folds the distance into the page</p><p>We walked along the quiet whitespace</p><p>Read, and today slowly glows</p></blockquote></figure></div><!-- 11DZ_CORE_END --></section><footer class="session-log"><strong id="workflowSessionScore">0 interaction checkpoints</strong><ol id="workflowSessionLaps" aria-label="Round Log"></ol></footer></div><p id="status" class="status" role="status" aria-live="polite"></p></section><figcaption class="gallery-caption"><strong>City Magazine / GALLERY 03</strong></figcaption></figure>
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