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To The Chagrin Of A Dare-Devil Grammarian

a lengthy poem I wrote
depthy in meaning
and breadthy in scope
yet ranked heighthiest
on a list
of lite-weighty tripe and
curtly dismissed

damn prissy grammar police!

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Review Request Intensity: I want the raw truth, feel free to knock me on my back

Editing Stage: Editing - polished draft

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Region, Country: upstate New York USA, USA

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S

scribbler

7 years 1 month ago

LMAO

This is funny but only on the surface. Worth reading just to see "depth. breadth and weightiest" which would likely be jailed by the grammar police.........stan

brittle light

brittle light

7 years 1 month ago

yup!

yup!
if length can be lenghty, why can't depth be depthy, or breadth be breadthy etc.
oh well....to fight the power, or not? that is my question

thanks

brittle light

brittle light

7 years ago

"flighty"

"flighty"
are you doing a play on words?
or
are you using the literal definition: flaky, empty headed, unstable

either, I would accept

IRiz

IRiz

7 years ago

I didn't even know the

I didn't even know the meaning existed. Just wanted to join the game making up words.
The word turned out to be taken:(

R

raj

7 years ago

Al

i would say thus

when on a long drive one needs to bend the rules to make sure you have enough fuel to reach the destination [poetic essence]
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