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annus poeticus

 


All hail the Queen of typos
The one who tip-toes in
And drops a hint and wink
Without the stink of
MISTAKE!
Look, come see
And laud me!

 

Or is it mitsake?
A teutonic-nipponese meld
Of mit-sake
With and wine
Apropos anagrammatical ardour
The beery finger having hyped
Moves on

 

So let us tip a wink
And drink
To her annuity
And endurance

 

MaggieG
Happy Anniversary
May your fingers never fumble

Author notes

happy anniversary mused the grouch :-)
Definitely just a few odd words to keep you busy.
Good luck to the winners and to all
See you soon
Written March 16th, 2005

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  • MargaretG
    January 31, 2006
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    Almost another year has passed, and I still enjoy your writing. TSS has gone the way of all things, but I still help out with grammar and spelling, if possible.
    Currently I have the problem that my fingers escape supervision and think ahead to end the words my thoughts began. It's pernicious, my fingers know how to spell!


  • Topaz135 gold member
    March 18, 2005
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    lol, no problem. Have I heard? (sigh) you wound me! Did you not read my Dyslexia Discarded? allpoetry.com/Poem/765110
    Written last august. Happy Anniversary, I missed mine (March6th) and went abroad (sigh)

  • MargaretG
    March 18, 2005
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    Thanks topaz, this is a lovely thought. I recall Her Majesty's "annus horribilis" speech, and my thoughts did not tend in the windy way. The word-play of stanza 2 was great, I like sake, and Japanese food is great mit, as Deutsch mit bier, jah! An anagram could be a special case of a typo; have you heard of the cognitive research about reading the first and last letters of each word? All we relaly need to undretsand a wrod is the gerenal shpae of it.
    Thank you for this upper level entertainment, I enjoyed it.


  • Maatkara gold member
    March 17, 2005
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    Yep, that was the one! Well, I didn't say I couldn't read it at all on this page, it just makes it harder. I guess it's the colour sensitive artist in me
    If 'freedom of speech favours the eloquent', then it follows that freedom of colour choice favours the genuinely artistic.

    ~ G

  • Topaz135 gold member
    March 17, 2005
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    Hey, if 'annus' is good enough for Queen Elizabeth the Second, Monarch of the British Isles, terrotories far flung and distant lands and rightful ruler 'in absentia' of the rebellious colonies of North America, who am I to argue
    Thanks for both feedbacks

  • Topaz135 gold member
    March 17, 2005
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    If my error (he said pedantically) wasn't 'teutonic' as one kind fellow pointed out (and it was an error rather than a typo) then I'm in big trouble somewhere (again)
    Thanks for the feedback (if you can read it) lol
    I don't have a problem with this contrast and my eyesight is not perfect. Must be a visual perception thing? or is it male/female differences? (he he)
    /having stirred the pot he moves on/

  • Topaz135 gold member
    March 17, 2005
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    Thanks for the feedback. Margaret prefers to point out errors by IM rather than blurt it out all over the comments page. This is more a sort of odd tribute (me being odd and all) rather than a straight entry I did a similar (but much more long-winded) one for Blondeoverblue which she was kind enough to place on her authors page (even with the gnashing of teeth!). Anyway, I don't do 'awesome' so grudging admiration 'r' us


  • windhover3 gold member
    March 17, 2005
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    I really don't think you should be referring to Margaret as an annus, just because she points out things like extra Ns in mispelled words. Really, I find it very rude.


    Not sure how anyone could see this as backhanded, and I love the word play. Margaret has helped a number of us with her subtle hints and sometimes downright-direct comments. We love her for it, and we are especially pleased by those people who show their appreciation in such a wonderful way as you have here.

    Great job, Topaz.
    Brian

  • Maatkara gold member
    March 17, 2005
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    LOL! Great job, Topaz, literarily clever and punny...but, er, guess what? You've got a TYPO! (see, still give ya the benefit of the doubt, I didn't say "mistake" )

    How could you notice on this dark-on-dark colour scheme though, I had to put it on the 'print' page to read. So, you have an 'out' there.

    ~G


  • Lo Justin
    March 16, 2005
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    Interesting. I don't know the subject of this piece very well (i.e., at all), but I like how you've treated them in this way. Kind of a back-handed compliment, or so it seems to me. I like your vocabulary in this. It's vivid. Like lots of little fireworks going off. Except it seems dark and purple. But maybe that's just the background.
    'Or is it mitsake?'
    Peace,
    Lo


  • Samplette gold member
    March 16, 2005
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    This was refreshingly you. The mirthful, quirky dude that I first met. Love the fun side of you as well as your soft heart. You are evenly talented with your poetic creativity.
    S♠m

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