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Confusing Words Poem

Verbal Confusion

Wood you believe that I didn’t no

About homophones until too daze ago?

That day in hour class in groups of for,

We had to come up with won or more.


Mary new six; enough to pass,

But my ate homophones lead the class.

Then a thought ran threw my head,

"Urn a living from homophones," it said.


I guess I just sat and staired into space.

My hole life seamed to fall into place.

Our school's principle happened to come buy,

And asked about the look in my I.


"Sir,"; said I as bowled as could bee,

"My future roll I clearly see."

"Sun,"; said he, "move write ahead,

Set sail on your coarse, Don't be mislead."


I herd that gnus with grate delight.

I will study homophones both day and knight.

For weaks and months, through thick oar thin,

I'll pursue my goal. Eye no aisle win.

—George E. Coon; from The Reading Teacher, April, 1976.

This entry is located in the following unit: Log or Blog of Words in the News and from Other Media Sources (page 2)