Punctuation

John this makes so much sense my friend. Very true...

Hello John Read, I do agree. Enjoy your day my friend. /Darlene/

Love it! This is so true! So many grammar natzis out there!

I agree, John. Punctuation is not the be-all end-all of poetry, but it does help, sometimes, in figuring out just what it is a poet is attempting to say.

John, you are vey philosophical in a short space...and that's very impressive and cool. Smiles!!

Ok. I am a grammar teacher, so I have three things to say here. One: you are so right that meaning is the most important thing. Two: the ending is cute and funny. Third: punctuation becomes necessary when a person is wordy and does not know how to use appropriate line breaks as you have done here. A long sentence without a well placed comma can give a meaning opposite to what the writer actually meant. I do not require punctuation in my contests if line breaks are clear. However, it bugs me to see people putting the wrong mark after every single line. I see down below that you never learned it. Lots of articles online teach it. My son became a lawyer and was having me edit papers for him in college, but finally he realized its importance and studied it online. Now his writing is amazing!

Brother John, I’m not good with punctuation either, I write as I do whether it suits or not, I don’t give a hoot… Sis Beryl

Morning, John. When in school we had to use punctuation. I sometimes agree that it distracts, so often I don't use it when writing poetry. A few years ago I was N/A'd in a contest because the sponsor said I'd put a comma in the wrong place. hmmm I am an English/Literature graduate and 16 years of professional editing.