Friday, March 26, 2021

Does Cambridge Have a Comma Too? - poem

 

Lawrence Hall

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https://hellopoetry.com/lawrence-hall/

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Does Cambridge Have a Comma Too?

 

Oh, Oxford Comma, let all hail to thee

You sorter-out of tidy sequencings

Who suffer not confusion in categories

And marshal your strong words in battle lines

 

Oh, Cambridge, poor Cambridge, you have not

A comma of your own; your sequencings

Were lost among the fens in Hereward’s days -

You might want to go a-fishing for them

 

Oh, sure, Cambridge,

 

You have your arts and poetry and drama

But only Oxford boasts her very own comma

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