are you going to be using images like you are now to display you latest poetry? if not, it'd be tough to make it fade like that unless you use php and still, it would be as pretty. I could code it for you though, it'd be simple enough, except the fade thing, buti explaied that already
PHP? I dont see how you would do that practically. CSS, possibly. The best idea would probably to use a semi-transparent PNG or GIF white gradient and repeate it horizontally over the top of the text.
yeah, PHP ... I saw it done before, bot CSS? maybe -moz-opacity for each line but that'd really sloppy plus -moz-opacity isn't IE compatible you'd have to use the folter property which is complex as hell
if you gonna do images id say go a overlay gradiant... using the code will make it harder and ull get the same result, also no one can copy and paste your poems if u use a gradiant =D
