David Kapp, Lansdowne
Might anyone approximately
reckon they’d rather be
not in a Newspaper Quiz
and Spelling Bee
but preferably
in a class of phlebology
(it is no mystery
but a branch of
medicine associated with
veins that are spidery)
never you mind
a byte of conchology
or even vexillology
(the study of seashells
and that of flags
respectively)
never you mind
a librocubicularist
a person who reads in bed
it must be said
unlike entomophagy
(the eating of insects as food)
go forth then
may all of you bloom
and not just Blossom Primary
flourish thrive grow
develop mature and glow
after all
do we not all agree
unanimously
that reading is the key
that it will set you free
spark your curiosity
(no it’s not an oddity)
read earnestly ravenously
punctiliously and indefatigably
go forth then
in this the week of
UNESCO’s International Literacy Day
(has Women’s Month passed you by)
make your own
herstory and history