Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, DEMARCATIONS, by KARL CURTIS ELDER


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DEMARCATIONS, by                    
First Line: Had you a whole line
Subject(s): Language; Words; Vocabulary


The Hyphen

Had you a whole line
of them you'd have your own train.
Imagine the freight.

The Colon

Eyes of a dead man
lying on his side, looking
into a bright light.

The Comma

Ah, giant embryo
with tail, what say you -- yin or
yang, you little shrimp.

The Semicolon

A Spanish peanut,
a cashew -- which's the best fit
for the appendix?

The Question Mark

Eerie character --
he whose lobe of an artist's
left ear is severed.

The Exclamation Point

Dah-dit. A signal
in Morse code turned on end: N,
you must solve for it.

The Period

How we've come to draw
with such sheer economy
the perfect circle.

Copyright © Karl Elder.





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