Franny Lebritch

This is a tale of rags to riches About a young girl called Franny Britches Franny was the youngest child and the only girl She had four older brothers Billy ,Bobby ,Bert and Earl Her parents worked very hard but were very poor Though extremely rich in love and laughter the family were for sure! Franny was a thumb sucker in her younger years Resulting in terrible bucked teeth and being teased by her peers Franny loved to write never without her pen and old worn book Sitting alone for hours under her favourite maple tree beside a little brook No-one ever knew what was written in her book ….though were warned It was for Frannys eyes only if you peeked you’d be scorned!! Franny did have two friends Daisy and Mary-Jane They met when toddlers and life friends they would remain She suffered years of bullying about her teeth It was constant, never ending without relief Years passed a successful wealthy woman Franny became She had her teeth fixed now no longer a plain Jane It was years of poems Franny wrote in that tatty worn old book About all those sad years of bullying that she had withstood Franny became a highly regarded published poet ,author and activist Writing on anti-bullying that all those years had taught her The poet that I write of is the renowned “Frances Le’Britch”’ Writing for the “bullied and bully” so all lives can be enriched!!