The Art of Listening

I was read to as a child,every night at bed Fairy tales, short stories, prose, or poems is what was read Beatrix Potter, Mother Goose, Childcraft books were chose But my favorite things to listen to were poetry and prose I learned these things all by heart knew,when to turn the page Mom thought I could read quite young ,was advanced for my age But I was a fooler to those around ,cause I would memorize Each page that was read to me, my reading was just lies. I was fortunate to have a Mom that was well versed in liberal arts I was read all sorts of things and would recite different parts I listened to many poems from Percy,Keats,Frost and Thoreau. Wordsworth,Longfellow, Lord Byron sometimes we wouldn't know. When a child is read to when very young they get well versed in rhyme. Then writing them as they age is something that fills their time.