Poems with Lois Letchford: Help

12 Oct 2020 · 2 min

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This content was created by Lois Letchford. This content was uploaded by Lois Letchford. This is a YouTube video titled "Poems with Lois Letchford: Help" (published 2020-10-12) featuring Lois Letchford — identified as the author of Reversed: A Memoir and a literacy advocate — performing a solo reading of Shel Silverstein's poem "Help! The Unicorn." The clip is a single-speaker poem reading in English that ends with a call-to-action to like, subscribe, and read more poetry.

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Hello, Lois Letchford, author of the book Reversed: A Memoir and literacy problem solver, reading this week from Shel Silverstein's Falling Up. And this is one of my favourite poems. It's called Help! The Unicorn. I walked through the wildwood and what did I see but a unicorn with his horn stuck in a tree. Someone, please help me before it's too late! I hollered, I'll free you! He hollered back, wait! How much will it hurt? How long will it take? Are you sure that my horn will not scratch, bend, or break? How hard will you pull? How much must I pay? Must you do it right now or is Wednesday okay? Have you done this before? Do you have the right tools? Have you graduated from Horn Saving School? Will I owe you a favour and what will it be? Do you promise that you will not damage the tree? Should I close my eyes? Should I sit down or stand? Do you have insurance? Have you washed your hands? And after you free me, tell me what then? Can you guarantee I won't get stuck again? Tell me when, tell me how, tell me why, tell me where. I guess that he's still sitting there. Thank you. Hit like, hit subscribe, and read lots of poetry.