LITTLE READER

                

 

 

Little Reader 

 When you were just two,

books were there for you
to sabotage, with appetising corners to chew,
by the time you  reached three,

with a probing air,
you eagerly approach me, 

asking, “ shall I read to you ? ”
“but you can’t yet read,” I plainly reply
As swiftly as a bumble-bee, you
hold open a hard-back grown-up's dictionary,
and suddenly, looking up, chuckling,
giddy….poised,  as if about to recite,
with all your tiny, quenching might,
        firmly, you shut the book tight

and you diligently declare: 
   “Oops, I’ve just lost the page….n’night!”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

03/07/2012 by SH

Reviews

[luviva]

hahhah u r just i dnt knw... u get me moving en laughing en enjoying all at the same time!!!
nice write

[SHEEMA HUQ]

that was the intention and this is a true story, thanks again!

[luviva]

was it sm one u knw?

[SHEEMA HUQ]

yes indeed my nephew is now a strapping nineteen years old and no doubt finds this little acccount kind of embarrasing ( though he might be privately quite chuffed, i would like to think), thanks for asking and have a great day won't you!

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Oh Sheema, I have just read this again and you just had me in stitches. This is a scene most parents will relate to. So well portrayed and flows off the page!

[SHEEMA HUQ]

cool, thanks for the compliment John

[FJ Davis]

Amusing, charming and endearing.
Excellent work, Sheema!

[SHEEMA HUQ]

thanks Frank for your amazing reiview

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Makes me remember my past years of reading! 100/100 Loved this write! Brought me memories! :D

[SHEEMA HUQ]

wow girl, it means a lot to me that you are finding some writings that appeal to you so much, thank you katerina

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you're welcome! :D

[Cherrie Palmer]

Nothing better than the eager mind of a child to learn while tightly wrapped in play

[SHEEMA HUQ]

thank you cherie, good to hear from you, this poem inspired by my eldest nephew who is now 19,
read morethank you cherie, good to hear from you, this poem inspired by my eldest nephew who is now 19,
..time flies but memories come and go...

[Cherrie Palmer]

that is so true and sometimes a selected memory can over ride what now stands before us.

[TLK]

This is relentlessly cute! Kids learn how to impress adults pretty quickly... that's why us teachers have to be careful.

[MOON]

Lovely humerous write.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

This is lovely and gentle and humerous and so well observed. the meter is just right!

[Reeti]

The poem has been wonderfully constructed with all the jest and earnestness of speech to the 'little reader'. That little one seems sweetly precocious at first, and daringly cunning the next. It's a v enjoyable read. Thanks for that!