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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PUNCTUATION LANGUAGE, by OLGA EDITH GUNKLE First Line: An exclamation point / is a soldier on review Last Line: When he's said his mind. Subject(s): Signs & Signboards | |||
An exclamation point Is a soldier on review With head held upright Bright polish on each shoe! A question mark's a lady With her back bent double From carrying through life Inexplainable trouble? Colons are the chubby twins With cunning feet and hands Going everywhere together In home or foreign lands: And dashes have a hurried look Such breathless-reckless ways Rushing giddily about Without any stays -- A period is so steady, The dependable kind Who always stops When he's said his mind. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AN ABBREVIATED HISTORY OF SIGNS by REGINALD SHEPHERD A RHYME ABOUT AN ELECTRICAL ADVERTISING SIGN by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY IN THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY by GARY SYNDER TO A MOTH SEEN IN WINTER by ROBERT FROST GREEN RIVER by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT |
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