Apostrophilia

[Leanne]

How misused the
apostrophe --
it’s never where
it’s meant to be

It shows up in
plurality
by twos and threes
annoyingly

Its ownership
to misconstrue
is sure, I’ll grant,
easy to do

It goes in where
a letter don’t
(I’ll not correct that
if you won’t!)

It makes a word
out of two others
or adds a letter
to another’s

Its proper use
is plain to see,
so do not fear
apostrophe

[billy]

apostrophe's

[Leanne]

arsehole

[billy]

arsehole's

i really like the way you present it, i bet there's a collection could be done, semi colonised
conjunctuality, periodally and comma toes

[heslopian]

This feels like a schoolteacher's rhyme to help her students learn grammar As someone who's always correcting apostrophes and being resented for it I enjoyed this a lot. I especially liked how in the fourth verse you excused the ungrammatical use of "don't" by calling attention to it in the next lines. I also like the title, which sounds like the diagnosis of a man who rubs his legs and grunts whenever an apostrophe's used correctly (I like to think he'd ruin his jeans after reading this comment...). A warm and funny poem; thank you for the read

[Leanne]

It's an old one actually Jack -- and I know this might come as a shock, but the reason I wrote it was because I kept seeing apostrophes misused and abused on an online poetry workshop of all places! Incredible, isn't it?

[heslopian]

Careful, Leanne, you're starting to sound like Lynne Truss

[Leanne]

Careful, Leanne, you're starting to sound like Lynne Truss

I had to google... she sounds like someone I would punch.

[popeye]

It's its own recommendation, 'tis well formed and punctuated!

Good one Leanne.

[serge gurkski]

'tis well-form'd

Fairest piece of well-form'd earth,
Urge not thus your haughty birth. Waller.

http://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/?p=7666

[Card]

Heh heh heh.