To Write Right

Remembering my brother's struggle...

Tracing letters carefully across the page.
Following dotted lines with a thick chunky pencil.
Concentrating hard on every move of the graphite tip.
Pink tongue tip protruding from bowed lips in concentration.

The arduous journey of learning to write.
Begun in earnest at the dining room table.
Reinforced in kindergarten by a brightly clad teacher.
And painfully, slowly mastered over laborious practice.

Reviews

[Kenneth The Poet]

Writing really is a process, seriously. Nice succinct write, Judy.

[Star Wolf]

I like this. It brings back memories. What seems so easy now sure wasn't way back when. A very enjoyable poem and a wonderful memory shared.

[Muse]

I can relate to this struggle. I'm often dyslectic, and my grammer and spelling are poor. So poetry gave me a perfect outlet to break some rules since I can't write stories very well. And the brightly clad teacher...............how we need more of them. :)

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i remember those notebooks from my childhood, tracing each curve around the letters. So nicely written!

[Lily Mae]

I hope it's ok that I still do this lol.. I love it Judy.. Your work is always fun and unique. You conquer up memories, make us dream and smile..xx

[Judy Ponceby]

Right you are Joel, only without the teacher making that whacking sound with the ruler next to your ear.... LOL :)

[Joel M Frye]

Sorta like learning how to write poetry, no? Enjoyed the read, Judy.

[FJ Davis]

A very real portrait--and oh so charming!
Superior writing, dear lady.

[Chris Smith Welshpoetcs]

You clever lady, this is wonderfully written.

[Neva Flores Smith - Cha..]

exactly how it is.........this reminds me of clinging so tightly to my jumbo pencil until I had a writers bump on my index finger. When I was a child I loved to color so much that my writers bump always had crayons on it . :) Love this!