How important is short, to the point, punctuation in poetry?

Question

This was inspired by recent critique, of a poem by one of our foremost punctuators. It raised the old arguement of comma placement.

Commas Don't Let You Babies Grow Up Semi-colons

By Jellz Fisher (an old country tune you may know)

Comma, don’t let your babies

grow up semi-colons.

Don’t make them full stop or go quoting and such

Apostrophes won’t satisfy them as much

Comma, this is exactly the point

they've been raised on.

Let them exclaim,

question marking their name,

but it won’t be the same.

You’re a Comma,…you’re a Comma,…you’re a Comma!

Comma…..don’t let your babies…… grow up……

…… semi-colons!

Yee Ha!!

Thank ya, thank ya verymuch. I'm here all week, try the veal!

Answer 1

Punctuation, as we all know, can be fun!  But not as much fun as this!

)(??""!!..,,::;; (just giving punk chick a wake up call!) Heee

Answer 2

Cowgirl, you did your two step well.  A fun read.  

Answer 3

haha!!

here you go JellZ!

Print it!  ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,  ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

http://www.omgwhatever.com/mars/comma_ba...

i actually wanted to change all those dots to commas, ,,,

but i didnt,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,   :)   ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,...

had some fun. ty

Answer 4

I remember when I was a little kid how much I hated Cowboys (I'm a Steeler fan) and loved that song, but; I love semi-colons (I'm a semi-colon fan) and loved this song, though; I hope it doesn't stick in my head all day.

Answer 5

Punctuation seems to be the theme of the past few days. You made it fun.

Answer 6

Spellthick is bleeding!

Answer 7

The tune is a lame one, but now with these new lyrics it has been redeemed.  A good early morning chuckle doesn't hurt anyone...