Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, PUNCTUATION LANGUAGE, by OLGA EDITH GUNKLE


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PUNCTUATION LANGUAGE, by                    
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.





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