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lost grammar
by John W Leko → (All Poetry by John W Leko)
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abandoned rules...



rain
pronounces syllables
of madness
drops
my memories
eyes befall
with sound
as if
crying in commas
lovers
become the
semicolon moments
within
held marks
lost quotations
as one
remains a figure
of conditional spell
by double possessives
my heart
still
a suspended compound
hyphened beats
now gone
in transitive need
of greater than
you
a noun
become pronoun
in my life
loved
past participle
of three periods
. . .
future
present
past


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 Reviews of "lost grammar"
Reviewed by Bernice Angoh
Reviewed on March 12, 2008
Genius!

Reviewed by Regis Auffray
Reviewed on February 24, 2008
crying in commas
lovers
become the
semicolon moments

This poem is creative and very cleverly conconcted, John. Congratulations! Love and peace to you,

Regis

Reviewed by Mary Patterson
Reviewed on February 18, 2008
Interesting. I like the format setup.....M

Reviewed by Bonnie May
Reviewed on February 15, 2008
Who would have thought that one word at a time says so much. Great poem, food for thought my intelligent friend. Love, Bonnie

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on February 11, 2008
Finely punctuated personification.

" I lost my Grammar once...." Groucho Marx

Ron

Reviewed on February 8, 2008
I aspire to craft the written word as well as you.

be well and happy,
Kathy

Reviewed by Theresa Koch
Reviewed on February 3, 2008
Exceptionally done write~`*

Reviewed by Tina Millner
Reviewed on February 3, 2008
John,
here I am...reading your absolutely overly intelligent words on a subject that I am very weak on. Loved every word of it. Beautifully penned. You are a wonder.
Tina

Reviewed by Leann Marshall
Reviewed on February 1, 2008
"you--a noun become pronoun in my life"
I love the words and the flow of this poem. Aloud, it becomes music.

Reviewed by Kalikiano Kalei
Reviewed on February 1, 2008
Very impressive word jazz, John. I am vaguely reminded of famous Beat Era creative personality Ken Nordine (among his most well known works, 'WORD JAZZ', found on LP and tape). Nordine was a master of creating moods and setting with a style borrowed directly from the jazz scene. Gary Snyder also ventured into those areas on occasion ('RIP-RAP' and others), but your own approach is both refreshing and unique. It hits the skin, John, it hits the skin! Creatively clever as well as sonorifically playful, but not to the point where it overwhelms your intent and submerges it in vats of amorphous semantic miasma. Kudos! Most enjoyable.
-Kalikiano

Reviewed by A PAX
Reviewed on January 31, 2008
wow
love it

crying in commas
lovers
become the
semicolon moments
within
held marks

Reviewed on January 30, 2008
hit me with a hammer, I never was that good at grammar, infact I started to spell it, G R A M M E R. BUT i DON'T LET IT STOP ME jOHN.
COOL

Reviewed by Sheri Uy
Reviewed on January 29, 2008
You caught my full attention on this one, John. Beautiful and interesting.

Be well,
Sheri

Reviewed by Charlie
Reviewed on January 27, 2008
This appeals very much to my split participle, grammar queen essence. Kudos. --Charlie

Reviewed by Michael Guy
Reviewed on January 27, 2008
"crying in commas - semicolon moments" - glad you didn't use any - You've been reading anessa lately haven't you? I loved this - refreshing change of pace - works great (!) oops... (bad punctuation habits die hard (i'll resist)
PS: 40-41 (not that i'm keeping track)

Reviewed by Kimmy Van Kooten
Reviewed on January 27, 2008
Now your talking my language, except I never thought of relating the rules with loving, free style...somehow, you put it all together and I LOVED IT! :)
Take a bow, dear sir~
Love and Peace~
Kimmy~

Reviewed by ~ Holly Harbridge (Reader)
Reviewed on January 27, 2008
Interesting write John, love holly

Reviewed by Bhuwan Thapaliya
Reviewed on January 27, 2008
I am reading your poetry for the first time and am impressed by your talent....unique and profound...love n luck...BHUWAN!!!

Reviewed by Randall Barfield
Reviewed on January 27, 2008
different and interesting. cleverly done. cheers

Reviewed by Myrna Badgerow
Reviewed on January 27, 2008
In one word... BRILLIANT! In more words.. love the word play and metaphors.. back to BRILLIANT..))

Myrna

Reviewed by Georg Mateos
Reviewed on January 27, 2008
Gramatically perfect, although, if a coma is a teas where is the written sign for its counterpart, the smile?
A game of words that have it all, past, present and future.

Georg

Reviewed by William Bonilla
Reviewed on January 26, 2008
an excellent piece John
peace be with you

William

Reviewed by Andy Turner (Reader)
Reviewed on January 26, 2008
Ab' superb. Some American grammer is different to english(uk)
Written with such seemingly ease. A good metric feet..

Reviewed by E T Waldron
Reviewed on January 26, 2008
oh my John! You have created a masterpiece in grammer,using love
as the connector to all tenses,past present and future. Very creative and a pleasure to read!Your poems are always unique and well constructed!Bravo!

luv,
et

Reviewed by Ron (sketchman) Axelson (Reader)
Reviewed on January 26, 2008
Superb stuff
Ron

Reviewed by blue soplain (Reader)
Reviewed on January 26, 2008
. .. ... love how the every.thing just free.falls. .. and how it does mimic the train of thought.....playing with words, dancing with them. ... forgetting the rhythm but never the music- --
and after the rush, i enjoyed the sudden blunt force trauma ending. ...
and how they all tie in with such experience; metaphorically, literally. . .. wonderfully.
they fall into order.....
well done
ness

Reviewed by Phyllis Jean Green
Reviewed on January 26, 2008
e l e g a n t

Reviewed by Joyce Bowling
Reviewed on January 26, 2008
Enjoyed this creative write, well written and clever indeed!
Blessings,
Joyce B.

Reviewed by Cryssa C
Reviewed on January 26, 2008
Cool! I love the word plays that draw the reader through this poem.
Cryssa

Reviewed by Cynth'ya Reed
Reviewed on January 26, 2008
Sweet metaphoric wordplay. Very nice.
blessin's to you JL,
cynth'ya lewis reed

Reviewed on January 26, 2008
Beautifully penned, John, my new favorite of yours.

(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.

Reviewed by Susan Sonnen
Reviewed on January 26, 2008
clever!!

Reviewed by Kathy Armijo
Reviewed on January 26, 2008
Punctuation...a necessary element in one's life as well as in one's writing. Without it, a run-on thought and lifeless life.

God bless you. Kathy

Reviewed by Susan de Vegter
Reviewed on January 26, 2008
This is a very determined thought pattern here that makes me start relating. Nouns and pronouns and the rhthym of our hearts is all related verbally in passionate ways we never think about. Amazing!!
Love,
Susan

Reviewed by Rose Rideout
Reviewed on January 26, 2008
You have indeed written of the lost grammar, excellent write John and thank you for sharing.

Newfie Hugs, Rose

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton (Reader)
Reviewed on January 26, 2008
You have covered it all . . . Which give me an idea . . . Very nice . . .


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