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Perplexing Prepositions

A tongue twister with p

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Comment from tfawcus
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An intricate proposition about prepositions, which most definitely upstages the story about Peter Piper and his propensity for picking pickled peppers. An entertaining poem!

 Comment Written 06-Aug-2018

reply by the author on 06-Aug-2018
    Thank you very much for your comments and wonderful stars. I appreciate you taking the time to read through the words.
Comment from LaRosa
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Just reading this tongue twister had my brain in fits. No way I could read it outloud.

What do we have here, folks? An educated man's game of painful paralytic parsing...what? Did you say parsley? I dare say, way above my prepositional propensity!

 Comment Written 26-Jul-2018

reply by the author on 26-Jul-2018
    Thank you very much for yor comments and stars, they humble me.
Comment from Therese103
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Good Gracious!!! I can't even read that poem in my mind without tripping over all those long 'p' words! If this doesn't win the contest, I don"t know what will!
Blessings, Therese

 Comment Written 23-Jul-2018

reply by the author on 23-Jul-2018
    Therese1, thank you very much for your comments and bright stars. I had a lot of fun writing that piece.
Comment from Boogienights
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You lost me half way through and I have no idea what much of it means, but I think it's a delightful tongue twister. How did you come up with so many words starting with the letter P? It seems like a winning entry to me..best of luck.

 Comment Written 23-Jul-2018

reply by the author on 23-Jul-2018
    Thank you, you are the first one to ask, how. The words were all found in just a few pages in the Oxford American Dictionary & Thesaurus, Second Edition. I did take one definition from a Goggle search, persiflage, I liked the Google version better - "hissing and booing at the villain," than the milder one in the dictionary. Each phrase contains good but stilted English. I wanted to start each line with an "In" first syllable but had to settle with most of them that way. It took three intense hours to put it in a Beta format and two days to make it ready to print. You should have heard me say it the first time in front of an audience, and with my decided Texas drawl. Who'd a thunk English was so much fun?
Comment from dejohnsrld (Debbie)
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This has got to be a winner. Beautifully written tongue twister.I stumbled several times as I read it to my beagle. Best wishes in the contest,my friend~Debbie

 Comment Written 23-Jul-2018

reply by the author on 23-Jul-2018
    Thank you very much for your comments and rating.
Comment from M. Covert Payton
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I like it, but it is wanting for some formatting. LOL. See what I did there?
Seriously, it's kinda funny, kinda poignant, and GREAT on language/linguistics. Just needs some proper stanzification . . . Yes I made that word up. Keep working, it's great!

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 Comment Written 22-Jul-2018

reply by the author on 22-Jul-2018
    Thank you for your review.
Comment from kiwijenny
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Perplexing persnickety...prepositional phrases.

intense and precise pre-positioning of perplexing prepositions...I taught my kids the 49 prepositions to a song....preposition preposition don't go away...aboard about above..was it's beginning...
God bless and good luck

 Comment Written 22-Jul-2018

reply by the author on 22-Jul-2018
    Thank you very much. As difficult as the English language is, it is a lot of fun to play with. Better than Legos.
Comment from Sugarray77
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This is a great entry for the Tongue Twister prompt. Love the artwork!! Great theme and idea about all of the p words. A unique approach. Good luck in the contest.

 Comment Written 22-Jul-2018

reply by the author on 22-Jul-2018
    Thank you very much. English is fun to play with.
Comment from Tootie
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This is definitely a tongue-twister! Very well done and love the artwork (all of VMarguarite's artwork is awesome!). Wishing you the very best in the contest. Blessings, Cathy

 Comment Written 22-Jul-2018

reply by the author on 22-Jul-2018
    Thank you very much for your comments and stars.
Comment from lyenochka
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Lol. Really well done one with so many p-words so it's more than alliterative - it fits the tongue twister category. But even more so, the English language with all its phrasal verbs where meaning change by using the same verb with a different preposition truly makes the language perplexing!

 Comment Written 21-Jul-2018

reply by the author on 21-Jul-2018
    Thank you so much Iyenochka for your comments and stars.