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sewasham
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0 posted 2008-06-10 09:52 AM


Warring Words

The Sultan of Thesaurus and the King of Syllabus
Got into an argument and soon began to fuss
“How dare you disagree with me!” the angry Sultan said
“I’ll send my Adverb army in to smite you on the head!”

“Do your worst!” the angry King retorted with a frown
“When I am through with you, I’ll be the only proper noun”
The Sultan’s army then attacked and soon the war was on
The Adverbs fought the King’s Pronouns until the early dawn

The Predicates assembled to see just what they might do
To stop the awful fighting going on between the two
Rushing to find the answer, it wouldn’t be so simple
They would have to search and find a dangling participle

The Adjectives now joined the fight and sided with the King
But the Gerunds and Infinitives were quite another thing
They sided with the Sultan and their clause was superlative
Comparatively speaking they had nothing more to give

The mighty Prepositions came to lend a helping hand
But greatly feared Conjunctions drove them back into their land
The period of war raged on as back and forth it went
One would dash the other ‘til their armies were all spent

The King then asked the Sultan if he willingly would render
An interjection to the war with conditional surrender
“Only if you’ll give up first!” the weary Sultan shouted
“And call your Pronoun army off before they all are routed”

Shaking hands the enemies were soon best friends again
“You were quite a worthy foe” the King said with a grin
“As were you” the Sultan said “So now I guess I’ll see ya”
“I’m taking a vacation down in Onomatopoeia”


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Marchmadness
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1 posted 2008-06-10 12:52 PM


You never cease to amaze me, Steve. This is just too cute and clever for words. Ha ha. Just realized that this is an interesting play on words.
                                 Ida

steavenr
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2 posted 2008-06-10 03:28 PM


very well written...reminds me of all those English classes (and how I thought I had mastered them all), until I got to that stage in my college career where my studies included Koine Greek...oh well.
graeshine2006
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3 posted 2008-06-10 09:25 PM


Will you trade me brains... just for day?  wink wink... a must-read-it-again-and-again for me.  And then go get my old college grammar/english books!  Very cool!
Earth Angel
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4 posted 2008-06-11 02:24 PM


Steve, I know you are a poet, but are you also a teacher! Thanks for the English lesson! I needed that refresher! lol

Informative! Clever! ~ and entertaining at the same time!

Loves 'n Laughs 'n English Lessons,
Linda



Earth Angel
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5 posted 2008-06-11 02:25 PM


Oooops! I meant to save it!


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6 posted 2008-06-13 02:55 AM


What a treat!

Man, I am grinning here and I love this.  You are very clever and quite the story teller.

This is a keeper for sure and I hope others take the time to read and enjoy.

Alison

sewasham
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7 posted 2008-06-13 04:44 PM


Thanks Ida, glad you enjoyed it. Take care and Have fun. Steve




sewasham
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8 posted 2008-06-13 04:45 PM


steavenr, does anyone really ever master that stuff? Lol. Take care and Have fun. Steve


sewasham
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9 posted 2008-06-13 04:47 PM


graeshine, believe me you're better off with your brain, mine doesn't work half the time. Take care and Have fun. Steve


sewasham
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10 posted 2008-06-13 04:51 PM


Linda, I couldn't teach someone how to pour water out of a bucket. Take care and Have fun. Steve


sewasham
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11 posted 2008-06-13 04:52 PM


Glad you enjoyed it Ali. Take care and Have fun. Steve


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