tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513060908642959506.post8984664839155945357..comments2012-10-02T20:08:56.564+01:00Comments on The Secret Lives of Poets: Moon, The and a Classic PoemRoger Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08393920954647379508noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513060908642959506.post-66428459583803205272011-05-05T19:05:55.233+01:002011-05-05T19:05:55.233+01:00Oh I love Walter de la Mare, I remember mine as mo...Oh I love Walter de la Mare, I remember mine as more of a struggle, mum hammering home phonemes long after school had given up but I'm so glad she pesisted reading is still one of my greatest joys and in turn inspired me to write.Sue hardy-Dawsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09303253173299793670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513060908642959506.post-24857269329553102812011-05-05T08:09:11.765+01:002011-05-05T08:09:11.765+01:00A gentle poem, Cathy, with never aging imagery. Li...A gentle poem, Cathy, with never aging imagery. Literacy is something we who have it take for granted but it really is a magic thing that sounds and messages can be recorded and transmitted from person to person on a page.<br />By the way if you smile at the moon is that a moonbeam?Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513060908642959506.post-29984020352916800892011-05-04T14:41:52.699+01:002011-05-04T14:41:52.699+01:00Just such a lovely poem, Cathy.
I can't reme...Just such a lovely poem, Cathy.<br /><br /> I can't remember learning to read, but I can remember looking at the word 'news' in a Ladybird book and not knowing what it said, as I couldn't 'sound' it out. <br /><br />When we were playing 'I Spy' with our 4 year old son once, we had to give up - he said that what he could 'spy' began with 'A' (sounded as in CAT). We couldn't see anything anywhere. It turned out to be an 'owl'!Liz Brownleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00391982640958944942noreply@blogger.com