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Shop Now Open (Sonnet)
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 ...
Friday 1st March 2024 10:18 pm
The Pedant
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 ...
Monday 26th October 2020 10:42 am
Few and Less
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...
Tuesday 5th June 2012 11:55 pm
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