Elizabeth Mccann | + Follow Poet |
Limerick | + Fav Poem | Comment | Email | Print |

Grammah

Put it down to a grey-haired obsession;
Participles are a vexed question.
Even though it sounds quaint,
Elegant it ain't,
Robbing gerunds of their possessions!

Copyright © Elizabeth Mccann | Year Posted 2022

Please Login to post a comment

Jim Slaughter Date: 8/27/2022 10:41:00 AM Hmm...and here all this time I thought that "grammah" is what is taught in Southern schools. And I think this piece is both "elegant" and "quaint", Elizabeth. Login to Reply Elizabeth Mccann Date: 8/29/2022 3:42:00 AM Nice one, Jim! It's also found in Australia as in supah! or loitah. The "r's" are saved for ending words like verander and pander. The bear, I mean. But, having been heah for yeahs, I'm now bilingual. Elizabeth

Mystic Rose Rose Date: 8/23/2022 9:46:00 AM what a fun limerick , an oh so true, have a wonderful day dear Liz Login to Reply Elizabeth Mccann Date: 8/23/2022 4:02:00 PM I'm glad it's fun! I need a dose of it now and then! Elizabeth

Gershon Wolf Date: 8/21/2022 6:25:00 PM So utterly clever!! A FAVE for me. Thanks, Gershon Login to Reply Elizabeth Mccann Date: 8/21/2022 9:09:00 PM Lovely to hear from you, Gershon. I appreciate your comments! Elizabeth

Robert Gorelick Date: 8/21/2022 6:13:00 PM Clever, intelligent and funny! Before I got on this site, I couldn't even spell poet, and now I are one! Robert Login to Reply Elizabeth Mccann Date: 8/21/2022 9:14:00 PM Dear po-it, so sweet of you to comment! Led me to have a look at yours- very nice. I will keep an eye on you. Elizabeth

Rico Leffanta Date: 8/19/2022 11:26:00 AM Dangling past particples should be censored? Aloha! Login to Reply Elizabeth Mccann Date: 8/19/2022 3:50:00 PM Dang, I had to try to remember what a dangling participle was! They do create some funny pictures. Thanks, Rico, You caught me out! Elizabeth

L Milton Hankins Date: 8/19/2022 8:26:00 AM Now, let me see. Hmmm...gerunds end in -ing; infinitives are introduced by the word "to," now how do I identify a participle? Let me get out my grammah book! Wonderful, simply wonderful, Elizabeth. Login to Reply Elizabeth Mccann Date: 8/19/2022 3:51:00 PM Thank you, Milt. So sweet of you. Elizabeth