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Punkchewayshun and Spelling

Such a grammar fiend, is this thing called punctuation.
A huge plethora of mind numbing aggravation.

Commas, periods and parenthesis too;
colons and semicolons; what's a writer to do?

In spelling, I used to make only straight A's.
Now I blow up spell check most every day.

I could avoid punctuation; write only Haiku,
but I'm no quitter; to myself I must be true.

My teacher always told me, "If you can't spell a word,
look it up in the dictionary." Silliest thing I ever heard.

All the words are there in column after column,
but, how to look them up, if you can't even spellum?!

Copyright © Arlene Smith | Year Posted 2014

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Jslambert Mister Roboto Date: 8/1/2014 8:58:00 AM don't worry, I am clinically illiterate. You, by the way are a new favorite poet of mine. Login to Reply Arlene Smith Date: 8/1/2014 10:01:00 AM Thank you so very much, dear JS!.. Your comments bless my heart!.. Hugs, my friend.. Arlene.. I am also puter illiterate!!.. :-)

Andrea Dietrich Date: 7/22/2014 12:46:00 AM hahaha, Love what you told Dr. Upma down here. I do, however, think this is a cool poem!! Login to Reply Arlene Smith Date: 7/22/2014 6:46:00 AM Thank you hun! I am still entering your contest!! Just want to see how perfect I can get! :-) hugs.. Arlene

Andrea Dietrich Date: 7/22/2014 12:44:00 AM hahaha, I used to wonder the same thing , how to look up a word you can't spell if you can't spell it to look it up?? Great ending on this one, dear. With google now, we can just guess at a spelling and it just shoots the word back at us!! You DO have an unintentional spelling mistake in here. CAn you guess what it is? It's something a person can fall into after a horrible accident and sometimes never wake up from!! Login to Reply Arlene Smith Date: 7/22/2014 6:34:00 AM Bah haa haa!!! Coma!!!! Yesterday, Jan was kind enough to point out I had spelled mourn. m o a r n !!! I new something looked funny on that one but I couldn't figure it out! This one completely aluded me! Thank you!! I wonder how many of these errors I have and people just don't mention them.. I wish they would so I can correct them.. Luv to you!.. Arlene

Kelly Deschler Date: 7/21/2014 9:46:00 PM English class was my worst subject in school. I always dreaded getting the homework, because proper grammar was so difficult to understand. However, spelling was my best subject and I was even in the 7th grade spelling bee!.... I loved the clever and humorous title of this poem! A great write, Arlene! Login to Reply Arlene Smith Date: 7/22/2014 6:27:00 AM Thanks, sweet Kelly. I breezed through grammar and hated literature! Now I love literature and have forgotten how to write! Typical.. :-) hugs.. Arlene

Paul Callus Date: 7/21/2014 5:32:00 PM Oh I enjoyed this, Arlene!!!!! Hope I did not insert too many punkchewayshun marks! Love your sense of humour:) // paul Login to Reply Arlene Smith Date: 7/21/2014 6:05:00 PM Thanks, dear Paul!!!!!!... :-) Hugs... Arlene

Dr. Upma A. Sharma Date: 7/21/2014 5:26:00 AM That's awesome Arlene my dear friend,, loved the title much,, gl in contest! Login to Reply Arlene Smith Date: 7/21/2014 6:41:00 AM Thanks, sweet Upma. I actually withdrew this one, as the point of the contest was for perfect punctuation and spelling. Duhh!!.. I definitely could use a refresher course in both! Lol

Verlena S. Walker Date: 7/20/2014 9:37:00 PM Awesome way to go Arlene... This poem tells the truth, though... GL in the contest... Verlena :0))s. Login to Reply Arlene Smith Date: 7/20/2014 10:12:00 PM Thank you so much, sweet Verlena. Hugs.. Arlene

Gry Christensen Date: 7/20/2014 9:35:00 PM Hi, I really like this. Brings me back to school, sweating over the dictionary. But your poem has a lot more positive feeling to it. Best of luck in the contest! Login to Reply Arlene Smith Date: 7/20/2014 10:12:00 PM thanks, my friend. Hugs.. Arlene