http://www.wordnik.com/lists/poetrie-appeal-to-the-grammarians.xml Oh yes. Yes indeed. <br /> <br />Appeal to the Grammarians <br />by Paul Violi <br /> <br />We, the naturally <a href="/words/hopeful">hopeful</a>, <br />Need a simple sign <br />For the <a href="/words/myriad">myriad</a> ways we're <a href="/words/capsize">capsize</a>d. <br />We who love <a href="/words/precise">precise</a> language <br />Need a finer way to <a href="/words/convey">convey</a> <br />Disappointment and <a href="/words/perplexity">perplexity</a>. <br />For speechlessness and all its <a href="/words/inflection">inflection</a>s, <br />For up-ended <a href="/words/expectations">expectations</a>, <br />For every time we're <a href="/words/ambush">ambush</a>ed <br />By trivial or <a href="/words/stupefying">stupefying</a> irony, <br />For pure <a href="/words/incredulity">incredulity</a>, we need <br />The <a href="/words/inverted">inverted</a> exclamation point. <br />For the dropped smile, the <a href="/words/limp">limp</a> handshake, <br />For whoever has just unwrapped a <a href="/words/dumb">dumb</a> gift <br />Or taken the first sip of a flat beer, <br />Or felt love or pond ice <br />Give way <a href="/words/underfoot">underfoot</a>, we deserve it. <br />We need it for the air <a href="/words/pocket">pocket</a>, the scratch shot, <br />The child whose ball doesn't bounce back, <br />The flat tire at journey's <a href="/words/outset">outset</a>, <br />The <a href="/words/odyssey">odyssey</a> that ends up in Weehawken. <br />But mainly because I need it--here and now <br />As I sit outside the Caffe Reggio <br />Staring at my <a href="/words/espresso">espresso</a> and <a href="/words/cannoli">cannoli</a> <br />After this middle-aged couple <br />Came strolling by and he suddenly <br /><a href="/words/Veer">Veer</a>ed and <a href="/words/sneeze">sneeze</a>d all over my table <br />And she said to him, "See, that's why <br />I don't like to eat outside." http://www.wordnik.com http://www.wordnik.com/words/hopeful Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:27:57 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/hopeful http://www.wordnik.com/words/myriad Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:27:47 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/myriad http://www.wordnik.com/words/capsize Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:27:45 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/capsize http://www.wordnik.com/words/precise Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:27:35 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/precise http://www.wordnik.com/words/convey Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:27:33 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/convey http://www.wordnik.com/words/perplexity Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:27:27 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/perplexity http://www.wordnik.com/words/inflection Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:27:19 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/inflection http://www.wordnik.com/words/expectations Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:27:12 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/expectations http://www.wordnik.com/words/ambush Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:27:01 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/ambush http://www.wordnik.com/words/stupefying Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:26:44 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/stupefying http://www.wordnik.com/words/incredulity Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:26:31 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/incredulity http://www.wordnik.com/words/inverted Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:26:25 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/inverted http://www.wordnik.com/words/limp Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:26:22 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/limp http://www.wordnik.com/words/dumb Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:26:16 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/dumb http://www.wordnik.com/words/underfoot Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:26:14 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/underfoot http://www.wordnik.com/words/pocket Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:26:11 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/pocket http://www.wordnik.com/words/outset Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:26:05 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/outset http://www.wordnik.com/words/odyssey Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:26:03 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/odyssey http://www.wordnik.com/words/espresso Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:26:00 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/espresso http://www.wordnik.com/words/cannoli Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:25:56 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/cannoli http://www.wordnik.com/words/veer Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:25:51 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/veer http://www.wordnik.com/words/sneeze Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:25:49 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/sneeze