Spelling Poems - Poems about Spelling

Three days ago, my ophthalmologist performed my first cataract operation, All went well I must say, But I am seeing double today, So please everybody who I have answered with persistent determination, Excuse my typing, incorrect spelling and my intense unrelenting frustration. ...

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when students ask about metaphors and similes i love it but please stop identifying juxtaposition i hand them a dictionary look it up yourself pal i never had a classical education and can't pronounce Persephone and don't believe anybody can so just avoid that bit of the curriculum avoid the greeks give me the graphic novels unit or give me death metaphors be...

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You are charming with words. In your magic book, spells arrive with no mistakes. Sometimes I suspect, that you entice me to think with my heart, which can be quite a conjuring trick, for guy like me. Mostly I just write, about anything or anybody but you, living on top of each other, as we do, sharing the same alchemist's crucible, our wands clash at times. but...

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Witch in Salem, you see, Needs spelling, tee hee, Wizard held another, Toad was his mother, Witchy cast charms, Warts on his arms, Bald was his head, Maidens did dread, Pustules appeared, Grinning, witch feared!...

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I tried to read a favorite poem of mine for you. Your eyes glazed over. You could have been a lizard on a rock sunning yourself, entirely unaware that I felt as though I were there in front of you reciting my words of such beauty that an angel could have been singing them while playing on a harp. You may have even...

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Spelling Please don’t correct my spelling. To me it is a pain. I tell this to my readers. Their reaction is the same. Please don’t correct my spelling. I show you my ID. It’s Josehf not Joseph. I know just who I be. Please don’t correct my spelling. I’ve heard an owls call. It’s who to...

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I love vocabulary games, and these odd words came up in English words games, recently: Bute ( I know "Butte" but not BUTE) & "abseil," "landau," and even "Bourne" (identity?). A poem about a simpler word, FLIERS. When we say FLY, Buzzing by and by Which is it? Plane or insect? But when we use "Fliers" The letters reveal secrets: "liFe,"...

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I offen soffen neether content nor intent, eether explicit or implicit about devices to rearrange things in the Care-ah-beein Sea or pahkin karz...

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The English are a lazy species. They use the squiggly ampersand to save a second and not bother with 'and'....

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Benign, B E N I G N Benign....

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I The non-American word "Saviour" Appeared in a word puzzle, vocab-builder Includes letters that spell VISA As players unscramble letters, & Scrabble away! II "SaviOUR" includes "our" destiny, the future Anyway (You & I), yes, "U & I" spell SAVIOR This chance finding was a blessing to me Check it out, SPELL-power, always "USA"...

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Do we still judge fine A drawing of line Between a preacher And a class teacher? Teachers now God’s Priests: Gospels clearing mists; A lot of Saint Paul Hatred for King Saul… Preachers Grammar Teach Good Spelling we breach; In Pulpits spell “Peach” And try voicing “Pitch” Our classroom teacher, The roadside preacher Do same advice Condemning same vice “Eating more than thrice “During fast some rice” But Vice is Sinner’s And we...

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A good source of Bad Spelling With the effect Quite Telling: Sometimes in Serious Writing ‘Capitals’ and ‘Small’ Fighting: Altering whole passages, Garnishing The Messages: Each ‘S’ in Mississippi Innocently omitting, Unthinkable letter P To ‘Behavior’ submitting: You strike them out he’s quibbling; A prelude to ‘Plain Squabbling’ … I’ve resigned from being his teacher Rather Good Spelling Preacher: ‘L’ in ‘Halo’ not double Double the ‘B’ in Stubble...

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Rough as in ruff, Spelling can be tough Though as in fro, Just so you know Bough as in how, Seldom seen now Cough as in doff, Just laugh it off Lough as in lock, Spelling can rock Enough! Enough! Enough! written May 21, 2022...

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I I must have TEA Must have been in a state Mississippi Must have sipped stale TEA WENT TO HorsePetal Flowery Hospital Recovered Nicely Re-covered Doctored prescribed wisely II Missus Have TEA Tennis T anyone Yes Tennessee - If Miss Sippy Wore her New Jersey What did Dellswear? Go to ALASKA...

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