Miss Kneeland My Hero

I learned to read thanks to Miss Kneeland The principal at my gradeschool Who had taught my daddy and his brother Using a mirror She was an old maid About two hundred years old With white hair in a bun She looked severe But she was kind And she taught me to read using a miror Understanding what I needed in 1958 She was a pioneer who understood dyslexia even though there was no name for it back in the day. I thank her for the gift of reading every day.