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# Show, Don't Tell
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/show-dont-tell/
- Published: 2021-07-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-07-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: The wannabe mime failed his class No talking allowed thus, alas His great “show & tell” Just didn’t compel And didn’t achieve him a pass
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Limerick, Poetry, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

The wannabe mime failed his class  
No talking allowed thus, alas  
His great “show & tell”  
Just didn’t compel  
And didn’t achieve him a pass

He thought he might try for some rhymes  
Some clever ones, not verbal crimes  
His frustrated yell  
“I must show, not tell?!?!”  
Reminds us of us, oftentimes

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**Author notes:** sometimes, a limerick is just the right form