Profligate words loose

on the door of the British Library Bookshop.

‘Shop Now Open’, 

a toxic affront to the pedantic poetic diaspora,

and mobiliser of minds to make the words clearer.

‘Shop Open’ or ‘Open Shop’,

an improvement, but still pointless to the picky,

who righteously say it’s stating the bleeding obvious.

‘Shop Now’ or worse, ‘Now Shop’,

are ...

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It's so easy to say you love me

But what do you mean by love?

Is it something you see in me,

Or a spirit falling from above?

You say I'm merely a nit-picker

Analysing everything to death

Yet I must be quite sure of you

To own your very last breath

Love is simply a word to others

So glibly pronounced for effect

But I dont want to fall for you

Only for you ...

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 Pedants…

(with no apologies for grammatical errors)

Few and less, less and few

Be careful which you choose to use

Two words that seem to be the same

Are not at all, as I’ll explain

Listen up and pay attention

And so avoid bones of contention

If you’re bothered just a tad

Here’s a lesson to be had.

Let’s suppose that we have shoes

(That’s easy a...

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