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SavedbyGrace
Junior Member

since 2002-01-16

Posts 36
MA

0 posted 2002-01-20 04:18 PM

One day while writing a reply,
I clicked upon Preview, whereupon I
saw that most of my humor and wit
was invisible -- what had happened to it?

I went back to the reply screen
to see there what might be seen,
and found all of my words intact.
What was causing them to retract?

Another Preview showed me the spot
where my thought was being caught,
so back a screen again I went
to see what typing was causing the dent.

I discovered a semicolon I had placed
to divide a connection but not halt the pace
of the sentence I had written,
so, after a dose of forehead hittin'
I removed the offending marks and found
the rest of my words were coming round.
A word of advice to my fellow poets:
leave the semicolon, or before you know it
you'll leave half a poem behind,
as I nearly did while writing my mind.

"For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast."
Eph. 2:8-9

[This message has been edited by SavedbyGrace (01-20-2002 04:20 PM).]

Morcastlin
Member

since 2002-01-14

Posts 244
The Jersey Shore, USA

1 posted 2002-01-20 04:24 PM

This was clever and witty! Very good advice! Bravo!

Love,
Bonnie

SavedbyGrace
Junior Member

since 2002-01-16

Posts 36
MA

2 posted 2002-01-20 04:25 PM

Thanks, Bonnie! Glad you liked it!

Traci

"For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast."
Eph. 2:8-9

strbbux
Member Elite

since 2001-12-19

Posts 3859

3 posted 2002-01-20 04:48 PM

Saved, those things could be dangerous. LOL floria

SavedbyGrace
Junior Member

since 2002-01-16

Posts 36
MA

4 posted 2002-01-20 04:51 PM

What, minds or semicolons?

Thanks for reading, floria!

Traci

"For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast."
Eph. 2:8-9

Pilgrimage
Member Elite

since 2001-12-04

Posts 3945
Texas, USA

5 posted 2002-01-20 07:37 PM

Dear Traci,
Is this only in the reply screen, or other places also? I just tried it, and you're right. I never preview my replies. I wonder what I've been leaving off all this time?

Deathless prose, I'm sure!

Nan

rebekah33
Member

since 2001-12-13

Posts 140
MD/NJ

6 posted 2002-01-21 02:19 AM

very cute!!!!
-R

"So stop and love and dance and live and laugh until you cry" Edwin McCain

SavedbyGrace
Junior Member

since 2002-01-16

Posts 36
MA

7 posted 2002-01-21 02:30 PM

Thanks for reading, R! Glad you liked it.

Nan, from what I've seen so far, you can preview a reply or a new topic before posting. You can't, however, preview in the edit screen, which I would like to be able to do. I like to doublecheck my work because I'd rather have people comment on the content of my poem (or reply) than on its grammar or punctuation.

Anyway, thanks for reading and replying!

Traci

"For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast."
Eph. 2:8-9

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