<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=401565" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>First Graders</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Experiences come and experiences go.<br>My gray matter seldom takes one in tow.<br>Then a momentously fateful, fortuitous find<br>Crossed my way, forever branding my mind.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">My mission was daunting. There seemed no solution.<br>Read a poem without causing a first grade revolution! <br>Recite words, enlivened by colorful illustrations, <br>Hoping to capture a few concentrations.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We sat on the floor. Then the tale commenced.<br>With story unfolding, I was surprised as I sensed<br>That these first graders quickly captured the theme, <br>Even providing ideas to improve on the dream.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Questioning pictures or words they didn’t know; <br>Guessing future actions and how the story would go.<br>Their ideas and comments so beyond their years<br>Promise a future of gladness, not sadness and tears.<br> <br>These little ones listened, straining to see<br>How image and verse forged fun fantasy.<br>Fantasy turned real as these innocents displayed<br>A lesson of insight far ahead of first grade.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Gregory+Huyette">Gregory Huyette</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=401565" data-title="First Graders de Gregory Huyette" data-description="Experiences come and experiences go. My gray matter seldom takes one in tow. Then a momentously fateful, fortuitous find Crossed my way, forever branding my mind. My mission was daunting. There seemed no solution. Read a poem without causing a fi..."></div> </div> </div>

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