Sneaky Words

It started out with Dr. Seuss,

And went from there to Mother Goose,

Then Nancy Drew, (clues to deduce),

And any horse tale and excuse.

I loved the mysteries, yes, it’s true,

And romance—some. Well, not a few,

The classics gripped me through and through,

Till Sci-Fi came to my purview.

Distracted when I’d clean or cook,

E’en though I vowed for ‘just one look’,

That’s all it took the get me hooked

To quote my Mom: ‘Lost in a Book!’

But lots of things I did take in,

Some facts and figures, yes, some sins,

Times I’d cry and times I’d grin,

But always magic found within!

But something I can’t say enough,

To whom all books are wondrous stuff,

The what and where of words? Creampuffs!

Pronunciation, though, is tough.

"One way to identify a reader? They know where and how to use a word. They just don’t know how to pronounce it!” *

     *Grant Tolley

Cause Mondays do get knocked a lot, 

With poetry we all besought,

To try to make the week begin

With pleasant thoughts?

Perhaps a grin?

So Jenny, Charlotte, Mimi, Me,

Have crafted poems for you to see.

And now you've read what we have wrought...

Did we help?

Or did we not?

Next week we've something great in store,
We'll talk about An Ancestor!