Semi-colon;1
she’s the Posh Spice
of the punct. pit;
connoisseurs only.
Strunting but rarely;2
the precinct of poets;
slower than wink-eye,3
yet not a dead stop.
When em-dashy4 won’t do—
then I ask you-know-who;
she’s my love; she’s my true;
she’s my syn-phrasal5 glue.
;
- Many thanks to John Malone for the inspiration to write this piece. ↩︎
- After poet Robbie Burns, Scot and erstwhile semicolon fan. ↩︎
- I refer here to , the comma, found in the semicolon ; which is used to denote a winking face ; ) the comma being the wink eye. ↩︎
- — an em dash — is traditionally the width of a capital M in the font you’re using. ↩︎
- I think I coined a new word. You’re welcome. ↩︎
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great fun; clever 🙂
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rarely used;
she is my go-to
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But you a poet;
And you knows it
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sometimes
t’wix the headlines
and The End
word magic happens
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pretty! but am slightly disappointed; no semicolons!? lolo
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lol; no call for it
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yah, not accepting that…shoulda worked em in somehow…shove, shove, in they go
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you are a hard taskmistress; lol
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actually that’s a very profound metaphysical commentary…especially if you omit the word ‘word’; headlines is the naming of a child, or their birth notice; the end is…
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sometimes, a poet
don’t know it
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And an editor to boot!
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I simply bounced off your final lines
you were da muse
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ah! me thoughts you questioned the validity of my statement of rarity…me rise to fight!
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You’re thinking way more deeply than anything I can commit to before 2 pm, when brain wakes.
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your subconscious is always awake
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