Punctuation Personified

how i feel, silly, spoken word, write,
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Punctuation Personified!

Mind your use of me when making a full stop with finishing your  point
This can either overstate or understate your completed thought
I find I mean you no disrespect stating when you are to be done 
And undeniably I will triple my point by putting it on and on and…
Purposing a new thought but leaving it to speculate on its finish
Oh reader and poet sorry I am, I mean you no harm, but make a stand to stop
My cousin the semi-colon can stop most thoughts as well with additions to more
But it permits you to unfold many  measured thoughts to make your point 
Which I do well to end with a stop right then and there if need be to your case
Your written thoughts need clarity and commas to breath before continuing on
But again I mean no ill by putting a full stop finally to a long winded run  
My fancy cousin the exclamation mark gives a bold thought notice to take note
He does like to dress things up a bit but it is my period you need in the end
Always please, I am but your most important tool fashioned grammatically
I didn't set these rules used in writing thoughts it was you thought them up

Copyright © | Year Posted 2015



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Date: 2/13/2016 5:37:00 PM
Hi Diane, thank you for the great reply
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Date: 2/13/2016 8:59:00 AM
ha, great poem... I am still learning that poetry has rules.. love LINDA
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Diane M Quinlan
Date: 2/13/2016 1:39:00 PM
Oh Liinda---you betcha there are rules learned and rules forgotten and rules made...we are truly ruled out! Thanks for reading my other poems on nature. Funnily enough I have been working on a nature book of poems showing my art to give premiss out to others that the environment needs help! Thanks for the pat on the shoulder....didee
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Diane M Quinlan
Date: 2/13/2016 1:38:00 PM
Oh Liinda---you betcha there are rules learned and rules forgotten and rules made...we are truly ruled out! Thanks for reading my other poems on nature. Funnily enough I have been working on a nature book showing my are to give premiss that the environment needs help! Thanks for the pat on the shoulder....didee
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