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To: Darksheare; snippy_about_it; SAMWolf; Colonel_Flagg; Trikebuilder; Old Sarge; All
Punctuation is a pain
and some poets I know remain
true to the constants of commas
and such - while a free verser as me
can't be stuck with tidy rules
of why and wherefores
I bravely move freely in space
and let the rest fall on their face..

536 posted on 05/06/2004 12:39:07 PM PDT by Soaring Feather (~The Dragon Flies' Lair~ Poetry and Prose~)
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To: bentfeather
LOL We dont need no stinkin puncuation
537 posted on 05/06/2004 12:54:42 PM PDT by SAMWolf (I looked into my family tree and found out I was a sap.)
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To: bentfeather
Punctuation

I like to see a comma, it lets me get caught up,
And catch a little breath from what I’m drinking in the cup.
I don’t quite get semi-colon, that’s like parentheses.
It goes off in strange directions that one seldom even sees.

I understand quotations. They stand out from the text.
And when I see the first one then I know another’s next.
The period is the final mark with letters to annoint,
And every time I see it then I’ll know you’ve made your point.

NicknamedBob . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 7, 2004


541 posted on 05/07/2004 5:20:49 AM PDT by NicknamedBob (This tagline is an experiment in POST-hypnotic suggestion....)
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