"The The Impotence of Proofreading," by TAYLOR MALI
And if you like Taylor Mali – here’s an even better one:
What Teachers Make
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>I heart Taylor Mali
>Hi, I can't be au courant of how to go on wax your part of the country in my rss reader. Can you Purloin me, elate
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>Wow, that guy had sex on the brain! Too funny! I was mentally red inking all his words. LOL Thanks for the morning laugh.
>Oh my goodness, that was beyond clever.
>Brilliant.
This makes me think of my iPhone's nasty habit of inserting the wrong word into a message because it thinks it's smarter than me.
He who trusts his spellchecker has a fool for a proofreader.
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>That's hilarious. And so very true.
>I absolutely love Taylor Mali's work, and this is my second favorite poem he has written. The first is 'Speak With Conviction.'
>Loved it! Great early "moaning" humor.
>OH my word. This is awesome!! What a great way to start out a Friday!!
Have a great weekend!
>Too funny.
Now I’m going to have to go back and check my manuscript for accidental double entendres. Oh who am I kidding, my MS its rife with them and they were no accident.
>I love this. I've seen him perform; he's awesome. He has a whole website dedicated to promoting teaching as a profession.
>That was great and so true. Both of my parents were teachers. These videos reminded me of them and how much they loved the profession.
Thank you for sharing this with us.
>I loved this! And the Bowery Poetry Club banner in the background brought up some sweet memories and inspired me to post to my blog about it too.
>I can't even guess how many times I come back to this video (and a couple of his others) and forced it upon others. I adore Taylor's slams.
Thanks for a 'classic' to bring a smile after a long day at the office.
>Love it … emailing it to all my teacher friends!
>I watched the teacher one first. It moved me to tears and I pray my young sons get teachers with such passion.
>Awesome.
>Taylor Mali is awesome.
>oh ~~~I haven't even started it and Billy Collins too!
thank you Rachelle. thank you
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