Why Ist It That Way?



Artists who draw cartoons are cartoonists
Musicians who play bassoons, are bassoon-ists
Players of violins are violinists-flute players flutists
Then why aren't drummers drum-ists?

Could the writer of Haiku be a Haiku-ist
Or the rider of a bike a bike-u-ist?

Why are linguists not language-ists
Or photographers photo-ists?

Who conjures these very English isty rules?
Most probably an English lingu-ist fool-ist



by Stan Cooper...6/18/2008 graphic by Don Hunt




Poetry by Stan Cooper The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2008-06-30 at 22:44

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Well ... fool-ists ... aren't those the guys who live to the fullest?
... and what do kommmun-ists then?

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2008-06-30