a sentence ending with emotional prepositions

a sentence ending with emotional prepositions 

 

 

 

evasive subjects,

careless verbs ask questions

infer pronoun references without thinking first

 

how the gerunds might object

to infinite infinitive inquisition,

 

adjectives are more than ready to talk

they want to describe incessantly

 

but the dangling participles

nod their heads "no"

then try to find a place to sit

 

all is quiet,

an ellipsis of uncomfortable silence,

but during that period,

 

quotation marks decipher thoughts

that are better left

dangling

than said,

 

a transition between love

 

and

 

a few missing conjunctions.

 

 

 

erin-cilberto

1/8/16

Reviews

[W.k.kortas]

There are volumes to be written about "missing conjunctions", and this would enjoy a prominent place in them.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, W.k.

j.

[Rita L. Sev]

Nothing but noise if the words don't keep us together... As always, your metaphor is perfect, Jacob. I must confess, though, in the middle of this very serious piece, I giggled at this:

but the dangling participles
nod their heads "no"
then try to find a place to sit

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i am always hoping for a smile or a giggle, no matter how serious the work..humor has to be there to keep us alive.

thank you, Rita.

j.

[jesserose99]

holy canoli, what in tarnation I can't say that I truly know English anymore. it's all out the window, I did at one time excel at English, but 'twas years ago, and now, that has long since past, and I am here scratching my head like a cavewoman. still the fore thought that must have gone into placing each thing just so is brilliant; however,

me tarzette today.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

:)))

thank you for your words, and the smile, jesserose

j.

[Alfred Kukitz]

A great way to bring the construction of syntax to life. Care to dangle?

Regards,
Al

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, Al.

j.

[Winter-est]

This is great
I won't tell what it means.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, Winter-est.

j.

[Sheila Kline]

We too often end up handling our situations of LOVE like a sentence with the grammar totally out of sorts; "Well, Honey I do love you BUT I forget what time it was", or "TRYING, Darling", "THINKING of you all the time"; "Baby, it's only you I''m looking AT"!......LOL The missing conjunctions just seem to have fallen off the participle cliff, and oh Dang, here come those quotation marks again, "Dang it, I told you so!".
Great job of poking fun at how we just love to mess up LOVE!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind words, and the smile, Sheila...

j.

[Cryingkate]

Uh- Oh .......... Lost.... I need a grammar book to review this one.
but.......... if I take the unconscious interpretation.. I'd say : " You were board and miss the kids :-)"
Or you did too many reviews today :-)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thanks, Connie...nothing like that unconscious....

j.

[Cryingkate]

LMBO........................

[Lydia Shutter]

I always like poetry that personifies parts of speech. Yes, participles will dangle and an ellipsis will last an eternity. Missing conjunctions....can we find them and put them in just the right place after the adjectives talk? Can't put the genie back in the bottle. I liked this a lot. Lydi**

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind review, Lydi...
j.

[Leslie Philibert]

Love the poem. There is a great quote from Churchill, a famous one, where he mocks the rule that sentences should not end with a preposition !

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, Leslie,
j.

[Frank]

I actually love dangling participles. Nice poem Erin, excellent really.

What about those grating gerunds?

Best wishes

F.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

ha ha...thanks, Frank...

j.