As you can see from the MWE, I have an environment called "poesia" which I'd like to be able to use. The problem is that it implies the usage of \obeylines, and every note I create inside of it is affected by \obeylines.
\documentclass{article}
\newenvironment{poesia}
{\parindent=0pt
\setlength{\parskip}{0pt}
\fontsize{10pt}{17pt}\selectfont
\obeylines
\leftskip=1.5cm
\vspace{2ex}
}
{\par
\vspace{2ex}
}
\begin{document}
Here is some text before the poesia environment.\footnote{Aliquam erat volutpat.
Nunc eleifend leo vitae magna. In id erat non orci commodo lobortis. Proin
neque massa, cursus ut, gravida ut, lobortis eget, lacus. Sed diam. Praesent
fermentum tempor tellus. Nullam tempus. Mauris ac felis vel velit tristique
imperdiet. Donec at pede. Etiam vel neque nec dui dignissim bibendum. Vivamus
id enim. Phasellus neque orci, porta a, aliquet quis, semper a, massa.
Phasellus purus. Pellentesque tristique imperdiet tortor. Nam euismod tellus
id erat.}
\begin{poesia}
Verse 1\\
Verse 2\footnotemark\footnotetext{Pellentesque dapibus suscipit ligula. Donec posuere
augue in quam. Etiam vel tortor sodales tellus ultricies commodo.
Suspendisse potenti. Aenean in sem ac leo mollis blandit. Donec neque quam,
dignissim in, mollis nec, sagittis eu, wisi. Phasellus lacus. Etiam laoreet
quam sed arcu. Phasellus at dui in ligula mollis ultricies. Integer placerat
tristique nisl. Praesent augue. Fusce commodo. Vestibulum convallis, lorem a
tempus semper, dui dui euismod elit, vitae placerat urna tortor vitae lacus.
Nullam libero mauris, consequat quis, varius et, dictum id, arcu. Mauris
mollis tincidunt felis. Aliquam feugiat tellus ut neque. Nulla facilisis,
risus a rhoncus fermentum, tellus tellus lacinia purus, et dictum nunc justo
sit amet elit.}\\
Verse 3
\end{poesia}
Here is some text after the poesia environment.\footnote{Nullam eu ante vel est
convallis dignissim. Fusce suscipit, wisi nec facilisis facilisis, est dui
fermentum leo, quis tempor ligula erat quis odio. Nunc porta vulputate tellus.
Nunc rutrum turpis sed pede. Sed bibendum. Aliquam posuere. Nunc aliquet,
augue nec adipiscing interdum, lacus tellus malesuada massa, quis varius mi
purus non odio. Pellentesque condimentum, magna ut suscipit hendrerit, ipsum
augue ornare nulla, non luctus diam neque sit amet urna. Curabitur vulputate
vestibulum lorem. Fusce sagittis, libero non molestie mollis, magna orci
ultrices dolor, at vulputate neque nulla lacinia eros. Sed id ligula quis est
convallis tempor. Curabitur lacinia pulvinar nibh. Nam a sapien.}
\end{document}
Here's the result:

I've tried different solutions but none of them work: is there a way to reimplement the definition of footnote or footnotetext to prevent \obeylines from affecting them?
P.S. I'd like the solution to also work with memoir...
Ok, after some work I was able to find this answer thanks to https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/57318/is-there-a-counterpart-antidote-for-obeylines
This will change the definition of footnote enveloping it in a disobeylines environment: