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I ran across this poem at all monsters and dust
twould be nice to be
an apostrophe
floating above an s
hovering like a paper kite
in between the its
eavesdropping, tiptoeing
high above the thats
an inky comet
spiralling
the highest tossed
of hats© Roger McGough, 1976
which reminded me of my exclamation point poem:
finger pointed in my face
shrilling voice, accusative case
Phallus with one cramp'd ball:
Richard Simmons on a service call
Infomercial's long rampage
Gushing Jerry Springer rage
(Pierre my Love! Vile scoundrel, desist!
Elvis is back and is he pissed!
Alien warships land on moon!
Make your fortune in an afternoon!
And if-you-act-right-now!-now!-now!
why-we'll throw-in-a-spotted-cow!)
Begone! enthusiasm spasm
Away! screaming ink tattoo
Instead: a comma like a dimple
Or the period, so elegant and simple
Smack on the spot: the universal dot.© Rosina Lippi, 1999
which made me wonder. Are there other punctuation poems out there? And if so, where are they? If you know of one, would you please speak up? Because I think they all need to huddle together for warmth.
On a related matter, the radiant Robyn Bender sent me a book of poems that has me somewhat preoccupied. Sometimes a single line sets off echoes. More about that tomorrow.
February 14, 2005 10:48 PM
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Not quite punctuation, but too good not to share. Link below:
Posted by: Meredith at February 15, 2005 04:13 AM
Not a poem but definately is poetry. They print it in the FREE BeachHead newspaper monthly. (Venice, Ca)
"GOOD News For Beachhead Readers:"
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uniervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by itslef but the wrod as a wlohe.
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The fictional feature film about a girl who rescues animals.
Saturday, April 2nd 2005
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Posted by: bohemianblogger at February 15, 2005 09:15 AM
FYI
We had to change the date to April 9th, same times. Same place.
Method Fest is going on April 1-8, so we changed. What can I say? I am dancing as fast as I can.
Posted by: bohemianblogger at February 17, 2005 11:31 AM