Epigrams Vii
...Epigrams VII
A question that sometimes drives me hazy:
am I or are the others crazy?
—Albert Einstein, poetic interpretation by Michael R. Burch
The Whole of Wit
by Michael R. Burch
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Categories:
proofreading, animal, growth, nature, peace,
Form: Free verse
To Judge Or Not To Judge
...How pompous we must be to self appoint
To sit in judgement of a gifted peer
Discerning if a writer makes his point
Within the guidelines spelled out loud and clear
In robe of terry-cloth, benea...
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Categories:
proofreading, humor, poetry,
Form: Sonnet
A Reflective Ploy
...A Reflective Ploy...
it is a reflective ploy;
on the part of me,
when proofreading
all this work of mine;
and do I really care?
that a full stop.
don’t!
or that commas;
are often too many
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Categories:
proofreading, word play,
Form: Free verse
Margins
...Life's margins are too narrow for proofreading: a poor catch of extra commas, profiles of girls and monograms of insomnia. For literature, an earthly life is just a couple of words in a not too coor...
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Categories:
proofreading, death, life, literature, poetry,
Form: Haibun
Polite Persuasive Passionate Pink
...Polite Pink
Perhaps a not-so perfect princess
Performing particularly pathetically
Persuasive Pink
Promoting purple
Pink, plunking piano
Passionate Pink
Photographing Pink
Perhaps pla...
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Categories:
proofreading, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Alliteration
Our Little Ones Are Waiting
...To volunteer is one of the nicest things you can do for yourself.
If you think it is more of a help to another than your own dear heart, then you
Have not been volunteering at the right places....
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Categories:
proofreading, life,
Form: Free verse
Why Do We Write Poetry
...>Why do we write poetry?
Why do we write poetry? Enter competitions, galore.
Is it to seek glory? Or be in print for evermore?
I wish I knew the answer. I really wish I did.
As I would keep ...
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Categories:
proofreading, house, poems, poetry, poets,
Form: Free verse
The Importance of Proofreading
...The Importance of Proofreading
By Elton Camp
Many posts that I read
This firm caution need
To write and slap it online
Most often isn’t very fine
For it to be received well
Show that w...
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Categories:
proofreading, humor,
Form: Rhyme
We Don'T Care If We Miss the Season Premier
...we don't care if we miss the season premier
we are too busy giving in to giving in
the breeze in the darkness illuminates the equality
we are heroes to each others' sanity, and we maintain by lett...
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Categories:
proofreading, good night, happiness, joy,
Form: Free verse
The Printing Press Operator
...The sound of the presses
While they run at high speed
The reporters and editor
Trying to fill a town's need
The feel of fresh newsprint
And the smell of the ink
Wor...
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Categories:
proofreading, on work and working,
Form: Rhyme