L Milton Hankins Poet Rhyme

Writer's Hazard

Do your fingers ever write faster
Than your brain thinks of the words?
You discover incomplete sentences
That do not mean what you thought.
You find that you’ve omitted a verb
And so, your phrase has no action,
A modifier left unsaid, no traction.
In a comment, or, in writing a blurb
Proofread before sharing what's wrote.
As for you, I can think of instances
Where inadvertent omits were hazards
More often for me, they’re a disaster. 

Written April 1, 2022
[Verso-Rhyme]

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Caren Krutsinger April 2, 2022 at 11:52 PM This is great advice "Proofread before sharing what's wrote." The trouble is that the right brain and the left brain are often not in sync. The proofreader and the creator do not communicate. The best advice is to have someone ELSE proofread because they will catch what you cannot. L Milton Hankins April 3, 2022 at 9:16 AM That's very true, but I don't have anyone else to do that for me. My problem is generally NO BRAIN! (chuckling) I don't know whether I'm right or left brained. I hope I'm ambi-brained. How's that?

Pashang Salehi April 2, 2022 at 12:10 AM Are you talking about me?... Haha... or perhaps you're talking about the Alien Hand Syndrome... Pashang Salehi April 8, 2022 at 12:28 PM stay healthy... L Milton Hankins April 3, 2022 at 9:17 AM Oh, I do work very hard at it, but sometimes it's hard to do. Pashang Salehi April 2, 2022 at 4:54 PM Getting old has its own problems, my friend... stay young L Milton Hankins April 2, 2022 at 8:13 AM That could be, Pashang. Problems somehow develop between my brain and my fingers. Could be an Alien Hand Syndrome! (chuckling)

Indiana Shaw April 1, 2022 at 4:33 PM Suffer from it all the time, Milt's, hands, eyes and mind all in misplaced time, so proofreading is a must, in a foreign language a drop of a verb can be the difference between, I love you, or I kill you . . . *o* L Milton Hankins April 1, 2022 at 7:06 PM That's so true. Even in my commenting I have to go back and proofread because I'll leave out a word or have an embarrassing grammatical error. I have found if I misspell a word once, I continue to do so afterwards unless I correct it immediately.

Gershon Wolf April 1, 2022 at 3:23 PM Great reprise of what happens to me (at least) more often than not. I'm a goner without proofreading everything I post. :) gw L Milton Hankins April 1, 2022 at 7:07 PM Me, too, gw. And, still I find glaring mistakes! It's the bane of all writers.

Marco Chies April 1, 2022 at 3:08 PM lol, I certainly fall into this category!!! L Milton Hankins April 1, 2022 at 7:07 PM I'm feeling like it is common to all of us who write, especially a lot.

Jan Allison April 1, 2022 at 2:38 PM wise words indeed Milton:-) L Milton Hankins April 2, 2022 at 8:14 AM Thanks, Jan. I appreciate your thoughts.