I am very fond of grammar
For just a wee dram shows my skills
Glad to correct stranger's for free
Send thanks, but help teachers pay bills
I am proud to be a teacher
Of the words from yesterday
I try to save words from the past
Which naive newbies throw away
Yet I do not speak like Shakespeare
I admit fashions change, move on
Scatter poems like confetti
Words which will stay when we've moved on
Like graffiti from poor Romans
Near 3D trompe loeil on rich walls
Everyone shouts out their message
To leave love, hate, pride from their falls
A child starts with grunts, screams, and smiles
Pets wants attention, food, walks, love
Patterns predictable like day
But varied like the clouds above
We find pleasure in stillness, rest
Yet like adventure, news, movement
Common sense, from experience
But also novelty, improvement
You must know the rules to change them
Like Tarte Tatin, upturned cake
There's a place and time to break things
But I love to build, make and create
The joy of language and grammar
Is not to kick and hurt the fools
It is like offering a paintbrush
The rules are simply tools
I am not a cat chasing a mouse
I wear a smile, give praise, not grouse
Like ordered shelves so you find things
In your brain's big cluttered house .
Each day I expand my dictionary
List new words I didn't know
I add a page of glossary
Add slush, to fifty words for snow
Build a house with a hammer
Like planning walls, pillars and beams
I will help you build with grammar
So you can express your dreams.
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