The A to Z challenge is over and now I can get back to my regular life for awhile. That means I can start posting some of my poetry here again.
Last month I participated in my first official poetry reading. The poetry group I attend with my daughter at our local library had all the poets who attend that wanted to read their works at a special Poetry month celebration. The poems I read ranged from being 9 months to 30 years old but on the walk to the library on the day of the reaidng. this poem popped into my head.
The Ampersand
The ampersand is very grand
When he is on vacation
He looks real great, is never late
For he is punctuation
The ampersand stands in for and
When and is on hiatus
He tells parentheses to let it be
When question marks berate us
He says to dash - don't be so brash
Because you are in morse
Without me
AT&T could never stay the course
The ampersand don't understand
Why pound signs now hashtag
The at signs name is apersand
Which really is a drag
The ampersand don't hang out late
At exclamation point
But saves the drama for the comma
When he gets out of joint.
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6 comments:
Love that it just "popped in" & it's so funny, Dave! I bet the audience loved it! I love "Because you are in morse
Without me" Happy Friday!
"For he is punctuation"--hahahahaha. This is awesome. Do you mean you wrote it long ago and just remembered about it on your way? Or you literally wrote it on your way to the reading? Yowsa! Happy Poetry Friday. I love ampersands, and I use them frequently when tweeting (ugh) to save characters.
What a FUN poem, Dave! Kudos!
Clever!
Dave, I love that you brought punctuation to life! So creative! Hope everyone enjoyed listening to it at the poetry reading. Congrats!
Thanks for all the kind words. As a clarification, I wrote most of the poem on the way to the poetry reading, but did not read that poem at the poetry reading, I read 4 other poems at the poetry reading. Last Monday I finished the poem and read it at our monthly poetry group where it was a big hit.
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