Goodnight Ms Redd, Wherever You Are
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This is a tribute to Miss Mary Lou Redd
who met me in my time of greatest need.
Family Days became Davis Family instead
when she began to teach me how to read.
By fourth grade year I ceased to learn
and struggled to achieve.
Upon a closer look each term
they found I could not read.
She was not wealthy or renown
just a gifted Reading Specialist
who unlocked the door of sound
and was to me the very best.
She taught me phonetic rules
compound words, prefixes and the like.
She brought the world into the school.
We’d experience. We’d talk. We’d write.
Imagine what life would have been
if not for Miss Mary Lou Redd
failure over and over again
printed words always causing dread.
I now know the technical name
for the problem that was mine
I would see,” world and word” as the same
depending on appearance not taking time
Miss Mary Lou, Miss Mary Lou
was a gem of education.
I became a Reading Specialist too.
Guess who was my inspiration?
10/19/19
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Copyright © Janis Thompson | Year Posted 2019
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