Punctuation
by Elaine Polin
“Of punctuation.†I’ll say, “I’m the Queen!!!!â€Â
Since commas, colons:, hyphens--, I adore;
Oft’ when I nudge them, they say, “You are mean!!!!â€Â
I cannot bear to do this any more.
If they would just
re-read their stuff,
I could die
a happy woman!!!!!!
But fate is such that I will be constrained
To punctuate until my dying day
And when St. Peter asks what I’ve done well
“Of punctuation,†I’ll say, “I’m the Queen.!!!!â€Â
This “poem†illustrates that it takes more than form, meter, rhyme, or even punctuation to create a real poem. Compare this thingy, which DOES follow the rules to:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Aqk.fW177QA4cCbjCfNBvL7ty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20080825220524AA8RGXz
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