THE LANGUAGE OF POETRY (2)
Why do so many poets display
so little knowledge of the language.-
On reading some poems only today
the errors I see are causing me anguish.
Their there, where were
the errors are there for all to see
refute reject, defer deter
I’m afraid it spoils the reading for me.
Consious conscious, stil still
spell checks are there for all to use
embarass embarrass, untill until
there really can be no excuse.
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Author:
Michael Edwards (
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- Comment from author about the poem: A follow up to yesterday's posting.
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it irks me two sire.. but am shure eye am as guilty as fork.. May bee eyven more sew than moist..... Nipple
Bleedin ell mayte yer got it jus abowt write - Ta fer the larf.
tis good for ya....
Ha - - am still giggling at Neville's comment - - sad that dictionaries seem to have had their day Mike - - such a shame as our language is full of wordy delights. Love your exquisite artwork which I have had to miss for a few days.
And you are so welcome back Fay.
Yes, even 'I woz ere' carved or written on tree trunks! You seen Mr Berle-Ington?
Did you spoil the bark - did Fido get annoyed?
So true Michael. On another poetry site that I was on a new person joined and I read about her and she said she was reading English. Her words were
“Studying English, I haven’t wrote many poems.”
I wrote a poem about that of course:
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Me, A Pedant?
Andy Brister (Goldfinch60) – October 2015.
A new poet came to the site,
Not unusual, many join
This wonderful poetry enclave.
I looked at their profile
And it made me laugh.
“Studying English,
I haven’t wrote many poems.”
I wouldn’t want to stay
On that English course.
Or is it just
That I am a pedant.
I shiver when I hear such poor use of our elegant tongue - is it so difficult to grasp? Cheers Andy and love the poem by the way.
Thanks UNCLE ANDY ~ Love the Village Scene ! In the ORAL TRADITION Poems were SPOKE and not WROTE so spelling was not a Problem ~ Then JOHNSON (An ancestor of BORIS ?) wrote a DICTIONARY and required spelling gradually became the NORM. Modern Poetry of course does not use Accepted Spelling and of course TEXTING makes SPELLING obsolete its all gone back to FANATIC (sorry PHONETIC !) Spelling. We sometimes use POETIC LICENCE ~ as in ~
We met in the CAFF
An' 'ad a LAFF
Then went back to my GAFF
And made love in the BAFF
Spell checks ~ unless they're set on USA (Websters) can be a BOON ! As can the Shorter Oxford Dictionary ! It's words like WEAR ~ WHERE ~ WERE which sound the same (unless overpronounced) which can led not only to the massacare of Queens Spelling but alter the meaning ! The rot set in with jingoistic advertising DRINKA PINTA MILKA DAY and BEANZ MEANZ HEINZ etc and of course the aformentioned texting ! I deplore precociousness but I do enjoy the Spelling Program ~ especially when they get it wrong and get berated by PUSHY PARENTS ! Then there are Coloquial Words as in BURNS and the Cornish Dialect Poem ~ FAY shared a few weeks ago (with Glossary !) A scoucer has every right to introduce SCUFFER (Policeman) into a Poem ~ Good Rhyming Word ~ but there should be a note of explanation to educate those who live SOUTH of BRUM !
Blessings & Peace to You & Yours
Yours as always BRIAN & ANGELA 🧡🧡🧡🧡
PLEASE CHECK ~ BLUE BLESSINGS ~ THANKS A & B !
Yes you're so right. No problems with dialect or intentional poetic licence in poetry but when entirely wrong words are used without intent my teeth grate. One of my current teeth graters is the use of the word refute. So many use it when they really mean reject. And that's only one example.
Give it us when they mean give it to me - just basic errors which any true lover of the language should never be making.
They're not on their own there. Ifor wun fynd smore diffickult spelin wurds wot eye bin yousin sints eye downt no wen.
Grinds dunnit..... but worse still are the tirades of woe which go on and on and on.... oh for goodness sake....say it in five lines and move on.....
Yus mate - the tirades of woe turn me orf awl the time - carnt they moove on?
Ihh! I fell like from now on I will need to send my writings for you to review before I publish them. Might be safer. 😂😂😂
Aw come orf it - it wuz only a bit of fun - but if u want two dont hesitate. lol 😊
👀😊🙃
Hi Michael,
A great write.
As poets we should set the literary bar high at all times.
Keep writing FineB
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