My Ode to Miss Muffet: An Imperfect Piece of Writing, and the Value of Spell-Check

How great it is to be able to read your poetry! This was one of my favorites as a wee child. The humor you weave throughout this poem absolutely tickled me. In fact, I read it to my family and they loved it!

You can be funny too! I love the warning you wrote before this poem.

It is great. We all make mistakes...some on purpose...but if the meaning is there its all okay.

Gotta love spellcheck..lol

I actually love this, a humorous take on a much-loved classic, it's fresh!

Also informative, now I know what whey is.... To think that I could repeat the original poem word for word but did not know what certain words mean *lol*

I'm re-reading this one, John, because it came up on my Facebook memories. I still get a chuckle out of it.

If I had to vote for a children's poem, it might be one from Robert Louis Stevenson. When my elder daughter was in first grade, she had to memorize his The Swing, and I memorized it with her. I recite it to my grandchildren when I'm giving them a push on a public swing.

The other one I really like by him is “The world is so full of a number of things, I ’m sure we should all be as happy as kings.”

Have a great day!

I haven't ran into editbot yet. I guess I should knock on wood. :)

How strange is it that I seem to pick exactly the right hub to read which kind of coincides with what we discussed on my last poem? I also just mentioned this to Faith Reaper too. I do the same when I go to her HP.

We just talked about how I wrote my poem from the top of my head not using spell or grammar check. You said you still used it here, but this was sort of whimsical like that, in my opinion.

This was cute. I loved it. I think you should go further and write without spell check. And it's so true; poems don't have to be that correct anyway. :)

Ohm I! Eye founder kind red spear it!! Aisle of two right the sway a swell! Hugh kneeds pell check in knee whey? Coddle of dee anguish languish, know?

Haha! Awesome! I think everyone should laugh at themselves sometimes. It happens, bad grammar, typoes, and such. Oh well.

now that's fun poem to read. Great stuff.

Funny stuff john. Very clever. Will pass this around. Thanks for the laugh

Just what i need.

Hi Jodah this was very creative and funny, you are a boss at poetry i admire your work. I haven't been around much for the past two months. I have been extremely busy so I'd try to get my writing back into the groove.

Thanks for making me smile with your Little Miss Muffet poem ,lol

May God bless U

Have a swell day :)

Cute an clever, Jodah. I honestly think my spelling skills have deteriorated since the advent of the spellchecker.

Funny, enjoyed reading! Great write!

I really liked this. It made me smile.

That was funny and interesting John even though I like to correct spelling errors, etc. I was not offended by it, I enjoyed it. :-) I voted up, shared and pinned it.

Kevin

You have me chuckling! I remember reciting Little Miss Muffet over and over as a child. It was fun to think about the spider causing alarm. Thanks for the smile today.

LOL! Love the parody of this poem. I love the rhyme and your talent and creativity certainly come out in this piece. If it weren't for spell check my writing would probably look like your poem. You are such a versatile writer. I enjoyed this very much.

What a versatile writer you are, John! You had me actually laughing out loud which is unusual when I read.

When it comes down to it, we understand most things which are spelt incorrectly as long as they are phonetic or alternative.

I love this; funny, clever and imaginative. You have so many strings to your bow and each one is totally in tune!

Ann

Thanks for the laugh. This was fun knee and ah sum ;)

I have a horrible habit of correcting people's spelling and grammar errors, whether or not they ask for my help. This poem made me laugh at myself. I'm a big fan of your writing.

Loved it, Jodah--and you know me, a nit-picking editor.

I also appreciated the explanation of curds and whey, although I pretty much already knew what they were.

Voted Awesome and Funny. Sharing on Face Book. ***

John, I read this last night, but didn't get a chance to comment. Brilliant! I was disappointed when it ended. Clever and very entertaining.

"Nouns and verbs they rule the joint,

But punctuation, what's the point?

A semi-colon has no class,

And a colon just a pain in the ass."

Now that's funny stuff! Up and hilarious!

I got a good laugh when I read this, and after a long stressful day, I really needed a good laugh!

Voted UP, and funny!

Haha! very clever! and yes I just love those spell cheques!! its funny because everything is done 'American' style I sometimes sit here and scratch my head thinking, why is the stupid thing moaning at my spelling? then I remember! loved the poem! fun stuff!

Very cute John: Miss Muffet was one of my favorite nursery rhymes.

Your humor is good! Made me snort. Hee hee!

John,

OMG! Luv dis-Smyles an giglets

upped/shard/pend

: ) Kim

This just cracked me up John!

lol Voted up and funny. That's about what happens when I put on the spell checker in Word. If I right write or write right they are one and the same and it's up to me to recheck afterwards. If I don't so be it for me.

Sometimes I'm write

Other times I'm wrong

But it is surely up to me

to decided what I right

and if that is write with me

Sorry couldn't resist. I'm passing this on. I just gotta.

Cute verse! I can certainly relate....and so creatively presented.

John, I spotted a hyphen ( a grammatical mistake ) in my comment. I think you are too kind to point it out. Lol...(-:

A great introduction. So hilarious and a beautiful hub with such nice photos.

This is great! Very Funny stuff.

Jodah, I think this is quite honest and very funny. So I voted up!

I remember when my folks told me about curds and whey. According to my dad, if someone had curds and whey for lunch when he was a kid, then they were living high on the hog! (Personally, I wouldn't touch them with a ten-foot pole, but that's just me)

This is so funny, Jodah. I love your creativity!

Jodah, what is the secret of your creativity? You write from a higher rung of the ladder, every time--even when you write funny. Enjoyable!

This was the best to wake up to this morning. You made my day. What fun. And so very clever and totally creative.

John, I like cottage cheese, but here in America they also sell cheese curds. They're little bites of cheese that resembles no other. They're awesome!

Yeah, spell check sucks. I don't count on it at all. You'd think they'd pick up the difference between their, there, and they're based on context in the grammar end of the tool.

Hi,

Just got home from shopping and this is the first hub my eyes landed on to read. I am still laughing---too cute and funny.

You just might have a niche of your own. Have a great night.

Bobbi Purvis

Very clever and whey too much fun! And thanks for the history lesson on curds and whey. You'll be in my thoughts each time I down my cottage cheese. :) Voted across and sharing everywhere.

I'll be laughing the rest of the day.

Hey that is why I am a poet too. Funny and Fun! Jamie

You did it again, Jodah. You came up with a bit of humour and fun to lighten the day and give us a chuckle. Delightful !

What a hoot, eye lol. Hee..

Haha. I loved your warning. I thought to myself 'Well, I know how poor my grammar and spelling can be. So this hub is a must read for me.' I actually worked with an editor for the first time on Monday. Pretty sure the poor woman is still suffering a migraine because of me. This was a fun read.

You certainly tickled the funny bone with this one. Miss Muffet would be proud. Perhaps, and I say this tongue in cheek, this could be used in Creative writing 101!

Voted up, funny, and awesome!!

Too cute, John. Just shows to go ya spell check ain't worth diddly durn!

I love cheese curds, by the whey - I mean, way!

very clever! (and creative!) I enjoyed your little satire.....

John, John, John, this was a brilliant peace of work. Take that preface of warning out of the article. The wrong grammer is part of the parody so it works grate. It would be a nice enough poem with prefect spelling and grammar, but the parody would be lost. Braking rules works in these situations. I loved this to peaces. You rock, dude.

Wiping the tears from my eyes.....still wiping....and still wiping....did I mention the tears were caused by laughter?

Way too funny my friend. Your range of genres seems to have no limit.

Cute poem and i just got to know who was the author. Thanks, voted up