Learning To Read Again
In this new school I could not hide,
There was the need to have a guide,
I did a test and saw a score,
I’d never done this test before
The teachers planned what I should do
And this is what I’ll read to you
A simple task for me was set,
I had to write the alphabet
Oh this is easy, so I thought
Until I started , how I fought!
Then teacher fixed my d’s and b’s
And changed my twisted q’s and p’s
Then made my “m” stand on its feet
And”w” sit upon its seat
“z” and “y” I’d quite forgot
I thought I’d written the whole lot.
I then had vowels long and short
Again with these I fought and fought
There were long a’s of every kind
I had to keep them in my mind
Ai, ay with sound the same
A consonant e in the word game
eigh as found neigh
And this is what the horses say
Long e I had to meet in greet
I heard it in the meat I eat
I saw it when I told the chief
That I had just fought with a thief
Then with long I I had to try
L consonant e near made me cry
Igh had the sound i
Just as the y in your reply.
And what a sigh I made with o
To me twas neither friend not foe
O consonant e in role and rope
I told myself I could not cope
Ough I found out though
Had the same sound when I wrote low
So on to long u I did pass
And found t’was going well at last
U and vowel e as found in cute
I thought I heard it too in brute
In unicorn the “u”was heard
“Few” also made a new “u” word
Then came short vowels they weren’t too bad
They did not make me feel so sad
A was a in pat and bat
E was in red and bed
I was in pig and jig
O was in rot and got
U was in hug and also jug
These were found in every page
The consonants they made their cage
There were exceptions to each rule
But that is why we go to school
Syllable division syllabication
All formed part of my education
These were the intricacies of reading
But I knew that I was succeeding.
With reading skills and book in hand
I now think I understand
The writings of these authors great
No longer do I speak of being late
To read of places, birds and trees
And overcome difficulties
And sit to read and feel at ease
Oh how this makes me very pleased.
Composed by Velda Mings - 1998
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