Semicolon

 

Two little marks few dare apply

To separate in commas place.

Pause a tad; period deny;

misunderstood in any case.

Symbolic as a winking eye

in text to show that type of face.

Ignored so much it almost died;

when as an icon it found space.

 

;-)

Reviews

[Crazy Cat Man]

ha this is awesome :D

[Willow B. Coldfeather]

This is so true and great (:
A great write.

[alesuriko]

Very cute and very true. Seldom do people use it in their writing nowadays unless it's a academic writing. I use them in essays but most people have it drilled into their brains that they're best not used in creative pieces. Well done.

[Ferg]

Yes the oft misunderstood semicolon was nearly extinct
until a genius incorporated it into an emoticon as a wink ;-)

nicely written and i love Ed's comment below too.........hilarious!

[Phibby Venable]

i promised it I would be right back..she said, shifting uneasily..
i heard the teacher mention it, but i had a book on top of my
english book..
wonderful work! perfect.

[Nautili]

I use them when I am adding a new thought in a sentence. I use a comma when it is a continuatiion of an old thought. But I am not sure that is even right!

[Ed Hart]

people who don't watch what they eat often receive a more intimate definition of semi-colon...

oh, as an admirer of punctuation; I use it whenever I can; but, sometimes I use it mistakenly;;;but never more often than not....