Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke.
quote by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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I write music with an exclamation point!
quote by Richard Wagner
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I write music with an exclamation point
quote by Richard Wagner
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I Agree, I Find Long Poems Senseless
i like it brief and quick
like zip-less sex
on the train
bound for Zurich
like an exclamation point
inside my
mouth.
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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A kiss can be a comma, a question mark or an exclamation point. That's basic spelling that every woman ought to know.
quote by Mistinguett
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I Believe
i believe that in the novel
written about us
it shall not end on the last
sentence with a period
i ask the Great Writer
to at least end it with a comma
the silence of the comma
the suspense of the comma
and the exclamation point
of the Hallelujah!
I do not prefer the eternal rest
i pray for that Bliss.
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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The Dictaphone Bard
[And here is a suggestion: Did you ever try dictating your stories or articles to the dictaphone for the first draft? I would be glad to have you come down and make the experiment.--From a shorthand reporter's circular letter.]
(As "The Ballad of the Tempest" would have to issue from the dictaphone to the stenographer)
We were crowded in the cabin comma
Not a soul would dare to sleep dash comma
It was midnight on the waters comma
And a storm was on the deep period
Apostrophe Tis a fearful thing in capital Winter
To be shattered by the blast comma
And to hear the rattling trumpet
Thunder colon quote capital Cut away the mast exclamation point close quote
So we shuddered there in silence comma dash
For the stoutest held his breath comma
While the hungry sea was roaring comma
And the breakers talked with capital Death period
As thus we sat in darkness comma
Each one busy with his prayers comma
Quote We are lost exclamation point close quote the captain shouted comma
As he staggered down the stairs period
But his little daughter whispered comma
As she took his icy hand colon
Quote Isn't capital God upon the ocean comma
Just the same as on the land interrogation point close quote
Then we kissed the little maiden comma
And we spake in better cheer comma
And we anchored safe in harbor
When the morn was shining clear period
poem by Franklin P. Adams
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A poorly written phrase needs an exclamation mark.
aphorism by Hasier Agirre, translated by Dan Costinaş
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Five exclamation marks, the sure sign of an insane mind.
quote by Terry Pratchett
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Irksome Passion
Does it irk one that poets
who think real poetry
consists almost solely
of exclamation points
and impassioned rhetoric?
Is there no room in prosody
for the quiet meditative poem
or the modern ironic comment?
Not according to some
on this board who imply
that overheated verbiage
and a certain sympathy
one feels for the downtrodden
are prerequisites for poetry
with a capital P.
Does Keats or Shakespeare
foam at the mouth and spill
their guts in every line
they cast? Shelley does,
you say, but is hysteria
really that necessary?
poem by Michael Pruchnicki
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Satanic Nature
Why is satanic nature in hazardous condition?
For we write on the stomach our wind and exclamation.
poem by Naveed Akram
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I Learned A Lot From You Today
first, i like the way you say hello
and your concern when sometimes
i get disconnected
the way you insist that we still have
many things to talk about
not just love
but politics and perhaps
religion
second, i like the way we embrace
clean fun now,
nothing about sex (though i honestly
miss it, and perhaps you too
but we take a break from this
monotony)
and i even recommend that we talk
about philosophy or
poetry
you say you only like to read them
when you are lonely
but not when you are hot
and... gee
third, i like it when you leave me
without saying goodbye
i know this thing called love
between us
shall not end... it 's like a comma
looking for
the exclamation point
fourth, i like it here when i am alone again
i learn to think some more
what to do with my life
when you might be gone.
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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We only live once, but once is enough if we do it right. Live your life with class, dignity, and style so that an exclamation, rather than a question mark signifies it!
quote by Gary Ryan Blair
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I was on acid and I looked at the trees and I realized that they all came to points, and the little branches came to points, and the houses came to point. I thought, 'Oh! Everything has a point, and if it doesn't, then there's a point to it.'
quote by Harry Nilsson
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From Point A To Point B
Point A To Point B oh I Know
lots of points with no points in between, for me
So lonely but never alone I know
I'm at my house but I wish that I were at home
Point A To Point B oh I know
what's the points with the ?bat passes danger for me
Dig Hard
don't try at all
Dig hard
Dig Hard
Will get down on all fours
and dig hard
only you know you know how
that broke
only you know how
only you know how
that broke
only time uh oh
I've been working on the railroad time uh oh
song performed by by Modest Mouse
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To pen you down
I do not know how
to pen you down
in this few characters on paper
and to try and draw you here and now
with golden eyes cutting through me
by them selves
and lie like suns on the horizon,
with a faith in the Lord
that is straight like pink hollyhocks
or an exclamation sign
and a heart that is softer
than a human
should have
and I do not know
how to burn your image in here,
you with your halo
which only a holy one could have.
poem by Gert Strydom
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Triple Riddle
My first, central element particular,
my second is present wherever you are,
my third is the commonest article far,
my whole represents consequential cigar,
or often accompanies eclipse solar.
My first, often limited, corporate law,
my second sometimes racehorse punters may draw,
my third – exclamation with ooh-la-di-dah!
my whole correspond to a circle stellar,
or judicial court before funeral car.
poem by Jonathan Robin
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Exclamation
!
'Is that it? '
Is what it?
'(!) ...That? '
The title of this poem is 'exclamation'
What did you expect?
A sharp or sudden utterance?
A vehement expression of protest or complaint?
I'm seeking something
That is oozing with profuse profundity.
And reeking with profligaticity...
As well as being profluent!
'OH?
I too am seeking something.'
Cool. What is that?
'Somewhere where I can 'throwuppity'
Your 'obnoxiousismonosis.'
Those are not 'words'.
'Yeah...
But they were vehemently expressed weren't they? '
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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Existence is a mystery, and one should accept it as a mystery and not pretend to have any explanation. No, explanation is not needed — only exclamation, a wondering heart, awakened, surprised, feeling the mystery of life each moment. Then, and only then, you know what truth is. And truth liberates.
Let's get it right
Orient
Orientation
Variant
Western Civilization
Centepedic steps simulation
Indo-European imported
Stuck in a pseudo-zodial
Cordial embrace hanging
Hooked upon the sky
Cynic onomatopical
Bad dogs barken
No one harkens
...to their history
Mystery indeed
Feeds no light
Let's get it right!
Good dogs marken
Exclamation marks
Who harks?
poem by Miroslava Odalovic
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Slave to Labor
Behave
I can't
Endure
I've done
No longer can I be
A slave to labor
Over what it is
Others may see in me
So proceed I must
And shut out doubts that come
The ones that did me in
Like some
In this skin
Trusting
To live not end
Possibilities
Of a life given to me
And I will give it my best
Since I'm not afraid to sweat
Or correct what I need to do
To win
Even if I have to start
From the beginning again
With no resting periods
Between each test
And silent
Without an exclamation used
Or confess to the rest
Finding a grand time
Working on a chain gang
In one collected insane mind
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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