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Should I punctuate or should I not? I mean where the hell do I put the dot? A comma here, a comma there, a comma bloody anywhere! What about this; and what about that:? and don't get me started on this little #### Hashtag, I understand a sentence needs some punctuation otherwise it would lose all coherence it would be hard to tell where one thought started and another one ended conversation with myself is easy 'cos I know what I mean know what I mean?but... ...is it essential in a poem? Maybe yes, maybe no. I see it used and I see it not, and so far this is what I got. Poetry is people , poetry is heart, Punctuation may be... ...just the last place to start!

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Date: 11/12/2015 2:38:00 PM
I'm hearin' ya. And to make it more complicated there seem to be different places for the apostrophe depending on country. Your last stanza wraps it up in a nutshell. Very enjoyable.
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Gary Gene Linney
Date: 11/12/2015 2:43:00 PM
Thank you for reading and replying, I appreciate it. My wife is an English teacher so I always cringe when she reads my stuff, this was written for her. Thanks again!

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