My use of apostrophes comes at much cost;
Without care my versifications are lost
In a plethora of diagonals.
But also don’t forget the wubbleus too.
Please ain’t there something you lot back there can do?
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Doggerel Dave (Pseudonym) (
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Yea Dave that plagued me too for almost a year until I found that if I clicked on edit the poem, changed nothing and clicked back on post it corrected it back to apostrophes. Good consciousness raising my friend.
Tried - didn\'t work every time Avenue for experimentation - Thanks.
You're welcome that is very aggravating
Precisely.
I’ve myself given up on that. Coding is not mummy thing. Neither is html. But we do desire the same end. 🕊️🙏🏻
Given Up? Strategy please as none of your work includes the cursed diagonals?
They do appear from time to time, I just ignore them and let the system do its job. After all I didn’t type them in. It’s a simplistic and stupid strategy but it keeps my sanity somewhat.
Dave, clever and self-mocking in the best way. Craft anxiety, rebellion, and humor all collide here, and the poem knows exactly what it’s doing while pretending it doesn’t. That wink works. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
No self mocking there Tristan - all aggravation..🙃..
Fair enough! My bad! 🤣 We both know there's plenty of aggravation to go around these days, let alone regarding the MPS apostrophe apocalypse. Still, those apostrophes are THE WORST! Loved it...that is, your poem...my friend!
It happens so much Dave and can be a right pain.
Andy
That says it so much more briefly than I did - and is all the better for it, Andy. All the commentary it should really need.....
Here's summat I can do - here's some apostrophes for ya, but it'll cost ya - look, there's a couple before I've started. Here they are: ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' '. That'll be $50 dollars please! See I can't stop now - here's, it'll I've, etc.... The diagonals seem to appear intermittently - and that's quite a long word!
Capitalism is running rampant now - Revolution! Rally to the flag! Tie him to that church steeple, and let the crows have a go!
I advocated for cabbages to rule the country - so I say. My slogan was 'Cabbages Rule OK!' lol.
I think I can pause here, give it not much thought but conclude that compared to many politicians, cabbages could do a mighty fine job!!!
Why, yes, let's give them a chance - or try rhubarb. I spout a lot of rhubarb (nonsense)! lol.
Wry and self-aware, this poem turns punctuation into personality with real charm.
The humor masks a genuine tension between form and freedom—and it works.
I am hoping someone in the top office might forego all that seat polishing for five minutes, get up and do something...
Thanks very much for your support, Thomas.
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