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My Poetry About Some of My Favorite Things: Reading, Teaching and Learning

Reading Is...

Reading is

an interesting biz,

You really go to town

and can't put a book down.

Once I shook

When I read a book,

all it took

Was just one look.

Oh, you can be sure

You'll love literature.

And, it's quite the cure.

Teaching Online Readers

The online readers

Need cheerleaders

They will read,

But sometimes you must plead.

To Read One Book

All it took

Was just one book,

And then I shook

With just that one look.

Didn't want to cook

Or walk in gook

I was hooked

In my little nook

 

The Trick To Help Kids Read

It is like when you cook

To get a kid to like a book,

You see,

All ingredients of reading are in the recipe.

The Glory of a Story

There is a glory

in reading any story

Doesn't have to be gory,

Read, you won't be sorry!

Why Literature?

Literature

You can be sure

Is very pure

Once you catch the reading disease, there is no cure

How to Teach a Child to Read

Some kids you can't reach,

When you try to teach

Some think they don't need

To read

Show your concern

And help them learn

You can't wait

To educate.

To teach

Is to reach

A teacher

Is quite a creature

To learn

Is to earn

Always educate

Don't wait

No vacation

From education

Don't be a fool

Don't skip school

Hear my pledge

Go to college

Be all you can be,

Get that degree...

I met a fairy

At the library

She was kind of stary

But not scary

At least not very

Yet still I was wary

And not real darey

And no she was not hairy

Her husband's name was Larry

The one whom she did marry

What a fine pairy

None did they tarry

Over therey

Without a carey

At the library

Why Do You Need to Read?

Oh yes indeed

You need to read

Such contemplation

Will lead to education

With each page you turn,

There's more to learn

For that you will burn

Each word you earn.

Literacy

Literacy,

You see,

Is one of the most important things that will ever be,

From here to the sea,

For you and me,

Hear my plea,

and it is free

as gravity...

I read all the signs

Even between the signs

I looked through the pages

Of the stages and sages

Even decided to hover

On the cover

Lost in a sea

Of the glossary

So contrary,

Even the dictionary

All from this book

I took...

Poem

I wrote a poem

All on my own

Then I wrote a book,

And oh how much time it took,

And I didn't laugh

When I read my paragraph,

And I heard

Every word...